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47 Harvard Street, Suite 200, Worcester, MA 01609
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One International Place, 100 Oliver St, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
PO Box 2917, Worcester, MA 01613
100 High Street, Suite 2400, Boston, MA 02110
One International Place, Suite 3900, Boston, MA 02110
1 Pine Hill Drive, Suite 501, Quincy, MA 02169
100 Powdermill Road, Suite 244, Acton, MA 01720
21 Cocasset Street, Suite 1 & 2, Foxboro, MA 02035
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
156 8th St., New Bedford, MA 02740
900 Cummings Center, Suite 210U, Beverly, MA 01915
131 Dartmouth Street, Suite 501, Boston, MA 02116
200 Fridberg Parkway, Suite 3003, Westborough, MA 01581-3954
1 Federal St, Boston, MA 02110
200 State St, Suite 1105, Boston, MA 02109
132 Central Street, Suite 209, Foxboro, MA 02035
54 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
142 Commercial St, #C2, Boston, MA 02109
18 Broadway, Suite 213, Taunton, MA 02780
36 North Bedford Street, Unit C-20, Second Floor, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
875 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 31, Cambridge, MA 02139
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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