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200 Clarendon St, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1005, Boston, MA 02199
96 Main St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Box 219, West Newton, MA 02465
140 Kendrick St, Building C-West, 2nd Floor, Needham, MA 02494
55 Union St, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
185 Devonshire Street, Suite 601, Boston, MA 02110
119 High St, Boston, MA 02110
1 Salem Street, Suite 202, Malden, MA 02148
205 Newbury St, Suite 101, Framingham, MA 01701
101 Huntington Avenue, Suite 500, Prudential Center, Boston, MA 02199
401 Andover Street, Suite 201-B, North Andover, MA 01845
PO Box 254, Walpole, MA 02081
3 Allied Driv, Suite 108, Dedham, MA 02026
600 Atlantic Avenue, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
265 Franklin Street, Suite 802, Boston, MA 02110
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Ten Post Office Square, 8th floor, Boston, MA 02109
112 Water St, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02109
52 Western Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
800 Turnpike Street, Suite 304, North Andover, MA 01845
655 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
300 Ledgewood Pl, Suite 201, Rockland, MA 02370
The Wheelhouse at Bradford Mill, 33 Bradford St, Concord, MA 01742
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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