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1 Fanueil Hall Market Place, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02109
859 Willard Street, Ste 400, Quincy, MA 02169
53 State St, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
260 Franklin Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA 02110
50 Congress Street, Suite 615, Boston, MA 02109
50 Redfield Street, Boston, MA 02122
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
2 Oliver St, Boston, MA 02109
2 Seaport Lane, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
40 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
10 South Main Street, Suite 201, Attleboro, MA 02703
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
246 Andover Street, Unit 101, Peabody, MA 01960
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
875 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 31, Cambridge, MA 02139
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
55 Union St, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02108
65A Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1530, Boston, MA 02210
161 S Main Street, Fall River, MA 02721
100 Main St, Carver, MA 02330
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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