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98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
3 2nd Street, Suite 202, Jersey City, NJ 07302
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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