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759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #222, Cohasset, MA 02025
71 Legion Parkway, Suite 25, Brockton, MA 02301
265 Franklin Street, Suite 802, Boston, MA 02110
458 Boston St, Suite 5, Topsfield, MA 01983
100 Powdermill Road, Suite 244, Acton, MA 01720
21 Cocasset Street, Suite 1 & 2, Foxboro, MA 02035
65A Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
800 Boylston St., 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02199
900 Cummings Center, Suite 210U, Beverly, MA 01915
18 Broadway, Suite 213, Taunton, MA 02780
65A Atlantic Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110
110 The Great Road, 2nd Floor, Bedford, MA 01730
6 Beacon Street, Suite 815, Boston, MA 02108
88 Broad St, Suite 503, Boston, MA 02110
112 Water St, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02109
450B Paradise Road, PMB 166, Swampscott, MA 01907
66 Long Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
260 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110
One School Street, Beverly, MA 01915
28 State St, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
88 Black Falcon Avenue, Suite 345, Boston, MA 02210
One Longfellow Place, Suite 3610, Boston, MA 02114
250 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
370 Main Street, Suite 200, Worcester, MA 01608
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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