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1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
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25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
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313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
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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