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172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
60 Washington St, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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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