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1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
169 Ramapo Valley Road, Upper Level - Suite 105, Oakland, NJ 07436
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
432 Ridge Road, North Arlington, NJ 07031
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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