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24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
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1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
345 Union Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
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135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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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