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439 South Union Street, Suite 202, Lawrence, MA 01843
100 Powdermill Road, Suite 244, Acton, MA 01720
200 Clarendon St, Floor 58, Boston, MA 02116
12 Gill Street, Suite 1600, Woburn, MA 01801
100 Cambridge St, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
One Financial Center, Suite 3500, Boston, MA 02111
306 Main St, 1st Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
200 Fridberg Parkway, Suite 3003, Westborough, MA 01581-3954
110 The Great Road, 2nd Floor, Bedford, MA 01730
450B Paradise Road, PMB 166, Swampscott, MA 01907
One School Street, Beverly, MA 01915
9 Middlesex St, Lowell, MA 01852
131 Dodge St, Beverly, MA 01915
47 Harvard Street, Suite 200, Worcester, MA 01609
1 Pine Hill Drive, Suite 501, Quincy, MA 02169
2 Oliver St, Suite 701, Boston, MA 02109
27 School St, suite 301, Boston, MA 02108
156 8th St., New Bedford, MA 02740
100 State Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
265 Franklin Street, Suite 802, Boston, MA 02110
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
430 Franklin Village Dr, #184, Franklin, MA 02038
36 North Bedford Street, Unit C-20, Second Floor, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
45 School Street, Floor 2, Boston, MA 02108
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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