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100 River Ridge Drive, Suite 203, Norwood, MA 02062
100 Cambridge Street, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
1200 Hancock St, Ste 311, Quincy, MA 02169
227 Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824
175 Portland St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114
One International Place, Suite 3900, Boston, MA 02110
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
600 Atlantic Avenue, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
1000 Mt Laurel Cir, Shirley, MA 01464
53 State Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02109
340 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702
PO Box 441253, Somerville, MA 02144
1 Boston Place, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02108
156 8th St., New Bedford, MA 02740
1 Pine Hill Drive, Suite 501, Quincy, MA 02169
100 Powdermill Road, Suite 244, Acton, MA 01720
2 Oliver St, Suite 701, Boston, MA 02109
44 Washington Street, Suite 150, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
132 Lincoln Street, Suite 5L, Boston, MA 02111
40 Court St, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
1266 Furnace Brook Parkway, The Willard Building - Suite 400, Quincy, MA 02169
76 Winn St, Suite 1A, Woburn, MA 01801
240 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144
One Boston Place, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02108
33 Arch Street, 26th 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