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21 Main St, Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
201 Littleton Road, PO Box 513, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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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