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PO Box 549, Belmont, MA 02478
655 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
25 Mount Vernon Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
The Wheelhouse at Bradford Mill, 33 Bradford St, Concord, MA 01742
One State Street, Suite 1200, Boston, MA 02109
448 County St, New Bedford, MA 02740
185 Devonshire St., 10th Floor, Boston, ma 02110
1000 Mt Laurel Cir, Shirley, MA 01464
1 Financial Center, Suite 1120, Boston, MA 02111
101 Federal St, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110
27 School St, suite 301, Boston, MA 02108
1000 Franklin Village Drive, Suite 207, Franklin, MA 02038
131 Dodge St, Beverly, MA 01915
One Financial Center, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02111
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
One Financial Center, Suite 3500, Boston, MA 02111
100 Cambridge St, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
800 Boylston St., 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02199
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
65A Atlantic Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110
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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