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54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
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388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
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430 Mountain Ave, Suite 103, New Providence, NJ 07974
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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