Top West Long Branch, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
Harborside 5, 185 Hudson Street, Suite 2510, Jersey City, NJ 07311
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
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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