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5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
68 N Bridge, Suite #1a, Somerville, NJ 08876
155 Passaic Ave, Suite 420, Fairfield, NJ 07004
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
20 Commerce Drive, Suite 150, Cranford, NJ 07016
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
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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