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33 Mount Vernon Street, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02108
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02116
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
7 Palmer St, Suite 302, Roxbury, MA 02119
130 Liberty St, Suite 4, Brockton, MA 02301
36 North Bedford Street, Unit C-20, Second Floor, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
131 Dodge St, Beverly, MA 01915
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
101 Federal St, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02116
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
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458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
800 Boylston St., 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02199
1342 Belmont Street, Suite 203, Brockton, MA 02301
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
83 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
107 Union Wharf, Boston, MA 02109
One McKinley Square, Boston, MA 02109
38 Green St, Milton, MA 02186
54 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852
22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
800 Turnpike Street, Suite 304, North Andover, MA 01845
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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