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Old City Hall, 3rd Floor, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108
370 Main Street, Suite 800, Worcester, MA 01608
111 Huntington Ave, Suite 520, Boston, MA 02199
110 The Great Road, 2nd Floor, Bedford, MA 01730
86 E Main St, PO Box 959, Westborough, MA 01581
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
One State Street, Suite 1500, Boston, MA 02109
One School Street, Beverly, MA 01915
450B Paradise Road, PMB 166, Swampscott, MA 01907
Ten Post Office Square, 8th floor, Boston, MA 02109
88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
800 Turnpike Street, Suite 304, North Andover, MA 01845
52 Western Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
185 Devonshire St., 10th Floor, Boston, ma 02110
101 Federal Street, Suite 650, Boston, MA 02110
2 Washington Street, Leominster, MA 01453
50 Federal Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
1 Financial Center, Suite 1120, Boston, MA 02111
55 Union Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
55 Union Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
619 High St, Suite 202, Dedham, MA 02026
555 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA 02301
47 Harvard Street, Suite 200, Worcester, MA 01609
The Wheelhouse at Bradford Mill, 33 Bradford St, Concord, MA 01742
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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