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185 Devonshire Street, Suite 601, Boston, MA 02110
380 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA 02301
1 Sprague Street, Revere, MA 02151
20 Downer Avenue, Suite 4, Hingham, MA 02043
125 High Street, Oliver Tower, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
120 Ingell Street, Taunton, MA 02780
75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
100 Federal Street, 34th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
10 Liberty Square, Boston, MA 02109
800 Boylston St, 32nd Floor, Boston, MA 02199
One International Place, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02110
500 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02108
222 Berkeley St, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02116
371 Moody St, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
55 Union St, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
101 Huntington Avenue, Suite 500, Prudential Center, Boston, MA 02199
300 Ledgewood Pl, Suite 201, Rockland, MA 02370
1 Salem Street, Suite 202, Malden, MA 02148
655 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
The Wheelhouse at Bradford Mill, 33 Bradford St, Concord, MA 01742
66 Brooks Drive, 2nd Floor, Braintree, MA 02184
25 Mount Vernon Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
One State Street, Suite 1200, Boston, MA 02109
83 Atlantic Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110
448 County St, New Bedford, MA 02740
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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