Top Dracut, MA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
53 State St, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
300 Brickstone Square, 9th Floor, Andover, MA 01810
Marina Bay, 308 Victory Road, Quincy, MA 02171
50 Redfield Street, Boston, MA 02122
197 Friend Street, Boston, MA 02114
100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210
60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
10 High St, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
2 Seaport Lane, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
246 Andover Street, Unit 101, Peabody, MA 01960
2 Oliver St, Boston, MA 02109
265 Franklin St, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111
54 Samoset Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
420 Boylston St, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
40 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
Four Longfellow Place, 35th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
1 Fanueil Hall Market Place, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02109
One Financial Center, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02111
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
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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