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29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
175 Hudson, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
157 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
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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