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One Federal Street, 27th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
12 Gill Street, Suite 1600, Woburn, MA 01801
54 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852
100 Franklin St, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110
620 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite F, Cambridge, MA 02139
83 Atlantic Ave, Suite 2C, Boston, MA 02110
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
One Boston Place, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
2 Oliver Street, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02109
18 Broadway, Suite 213, Taunton, MA 02780
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
PO Box 7592, 58 Oliver Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420
4 Elm Street, PO Box 190, North Brookfield, MA 01535
90 New State Highway, Raynham, MA 02767
36 North Bedford Street, Unit C-20, Second Floor, East Bridgewater, MA 02333
265 Franklin St, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
134 Main St., Watertown, MA 02472
40 Warren Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
140 Kendrick St, Building C-West, 2nd Floor, Needham, MA 02494
110 The Great Road, 2nd Floor, Bedford, MA 01730
305 Main Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
1 Salem Street, Suite 202, Malden, MA 02148
450B Paradise Road, PMB 166, Swampscott, MA 01907
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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