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33 Mount Vernon Street, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02108
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130 Liberty St, Suite 4, Brockton, MA 02301
4 Elm Street, PO Box 190, North Brookfield, MA 01535
41 Harrison Street, Taunton, MA 02780
PO Box 7592, 58 Oliver Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420
7 Palmer St, Suite 302, Roxbury, MA 02119
255 Park Avenue, Suite 601, Worcester, MA 01609
107 Union Wharf, Boston, MA 02109
One McKinley Square, Boston, MA 02109
31 Saint James Ave, Suite 830, Boston, MA 02116
1342 Belmont Street, Suite 203, Brockton, MA 02301
1 Webb Street, Danvers, MA 01923
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02116
38 Green St, Milton, MA 02186
90 Salem Street, Malden, MA 02148
83 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
90 Pleasant Street, Suite 12, Randolph, MA 02368
10 Tremont St, Suite 602, Boston, MA 02108
131 Dodge St, Beverly, MA 01915
PO Box 41, Andover, MA 01810
50 Congress St, Suite 314, Boston, MA 02109
1266 Furnace Brook Parkway, Fourth Floor, Quincy, MA 02169
5 East Street, Franklin, MA 02038
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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