Top West Long Branch, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
23 Emmons St, Suite 203, Long Branch, NJ 07740
361 NJ-31, Suite 801, Flemington, NJ 08822
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
675 Morris Ave, Suite 300, Springfield, NJ 07081
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
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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