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238 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA 01604
2 Seaport Lane, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
40 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108
2 Oliver St, Boston, MA 02109
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
246 Andover Street, Unit 101, Peabody, MA 01960
875 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 31, Cambridge, MA 02139
1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
900 Cummings Center, Suite 210U, Beverly, MA 01915
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
92 State Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
89 Access Rd., Suite 21, Norwood, MA 02062
20 Somerset Ave, Winthrop, MA 02152
240 Commercial St, Ste 5A, Boston, MA 02109
98 N Washington St, Suite B3, Boston, MA 02114
620 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite F, Cambridge, MA 02139
One Boston Place, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
4 Elm Street, PO Box 190, North Brookfield, MA 01535
PO Box 7592, 58 Oliver Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420
40 Warren Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
200 Clarendon St, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
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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