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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
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331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
328 Newman Springs Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
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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