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75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
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Drug Possession
Drug possession is the illegal possession of a controlled substance. Essentially, to be convicted of a drug possession charge, you knowingly must have a controlled substance in your possession or within your proximity, like storing it in your vehicle. Drug possession can also include having a device used for the consumption of a controlled substance. This is a criminal offense under both New Jersey state law as well as federal law.
Types of Drug Possession Charges
Sometimes drug possession is referred to as actual possession or “constructive” possession, meaning that an individual knowingly has access to and control of a controlled substance but it is not on the person. Some common ways for constructive possession occur is when a person knowingly stores an illegal controlled substance in their car or at their home. Possessing a smaller quantity of a controlled substance for personal use is commonly known as “simple possession.“
What Is A Controlled Substance?
Federal law as well as state law determines the severity of drug possession charges based on the type of drug and divides them into different “schedules.” Each schedule is based on the potential for dependency and abuse. This sliding scale of schedules starts with Schedule V drugs, having the lowest risk, and increases in severity up to Schedule I, posing the most severe risk.
- Schedule I: Heroin, ecstasy, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, peyote
- Schedule II: Methamphetamine, cocaine, morphine, methadone, phencyclidine (PCP), fentanyl
- Schedule III: Anabolic steroids, ketamine, barbiturates, testosterone, Tylenol with codeine
- Schedule IV: Valium, Xanax, Tramadol
- Schedule V: Other unlawfully obtained prescription drugs and cough medicines like Robitussin with codeine