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7 Palmer St, Suite 302, Roxbury, MA 02119
1 Financial Center, Suite 1120, Boston, MA 02111
1000 Franklin Village Drive, Suite 207, Franklin, MA 02038
101 Federal St, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110
36 North Bedford Street, Unit C-20, Second Floor, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
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54 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852
144 Main Street, Brockton, MA 02301
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PO Box 52268, Boston, MA 02205
180 Williams Avenue, Milton, MA 02186
150 Speen Street, Suite 201, Framingham, MA 01701
27 Congress St, Suite 508, Salem, MA 01970
401 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
10 High St, Suite 505, Boston, MA 02110
265 Franklin St, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110
99 S Main St, Suite 220, Fall River, MA 02721
50 Congress Street, Suite 615, Boston, MA 02109
859 Willard Street, Ste 400, Quincy, MA 02169
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Acushnet Drug Possession Information
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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 Massachusetts 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