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401 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
321 Walnut Street, No. 413, Newton, MA 02460
200 Clarendon St, Floor 58, Boston, MA 02116
One International Place, Suite 3900, Boston, MA 02110
340 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702
10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
One Financial Center, Suite 3500, Boston, MA 02111
100 Cambridge St, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
27 School St, suite 301, Boston, MA 02108
21 Cummings Park, Suite 270, Woburn, MA 01801
52 Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
306 Main St, 1st Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
1256 Park Street, Suite 104, Stoughton, MA 02072
1000 Mt Laurel Cir, Shirley, MA 01464
630 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821
1 Market St, Suite 205, Lynn, MA 01901
267 N. Beacon St., Suite 3, Brighton, MA 02135
891 Centre St, Suite 200, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
60 State St, 36th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
One Boston Place, 201 Washington St., Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02108
33 Arch Street, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
5 Lexington St, Suite 3, Charlestown, MA 02129
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439 South Union Street, Suite 202, Lawrence, MA 01843
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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