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15 Cottage Ave, 4th Floor, Quincy, MA 02169
189 Cambridge St, Suite 2B, Cambridge, MA 02141
50 Franklin St, Suite 200, Worcester, MA 01608
34 Welby Road, Suite 114D, New Bedford, MA 02745
27 Congress St, Suite 508, Salem, MA 01970
32 William Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
200 State Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
29 Crafts St, Suite 500, Newton, MA 02458
20 Park Plaza, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02116
10 High St, Suite 505, Boston, MA 02110
44 School St, Suite 1000C, Boston, MA 02108
450 Lexington Street, Suite 101, Auburndale, MA 02466
21 Cocasset Street, Suite 1 & 2, Foxboro, MA 02035
15 Broad St., Suite 801, Boston, MA 02109
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
265 Franklin St, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
197 Friend Street, Boston, MA 02114
100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210
60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
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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