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1295 River Street, Suite B, Hyde Park, MA 02136
420 Boylston St, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
371 Moody Street, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02453
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
99 S Main St, Suite 220, Fall River, MA 02721
859 Willard Street, Ste 400, Quincy, MA 02169
50 Congress Street, Suite 615, Boston, MA 02109
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1530, Boston, MA 02210
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
309 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135
Principe & Strasnick, P.C., 17 Lark Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906
200 Clarendon St, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1005, Boston, MA 02199
265 Franklin St, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
40 Warren Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
92 State Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
134 Main St., Watertown, MA 02472
50 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 208, Braintree, MA 02184
132 Lincoln St, Boston, MA 02111
107 Union Wharf, Boston, MA 02109
240 Commercial St, Ste 5A, Boston, MA 02109
92 State Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
20 Somerset Ave, Winthrop, MA 02152
83 Atlantic Ave, Suite 2C, Boston, MA 02110
620 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite F, Cambridge, MA 02139
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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