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One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111
250 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
1666 Massachusetts Ave, Suite P-16, Lexington, MA 02420
Old City Hall, 3rd Floor, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108
30 Main Street, Peabody, MA 01960-5552
111 Huntington Ave, Suite 520, Boston, MA 02199
110 The Great Road, 2nd Floor, Bedford, MA 01730
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 1410, Boston, MA 02210
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450B Paradise Road, PMB 166, Swampscott, MA 01907
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88 Broad St, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02110
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One International Place, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02110
222 Berkeley St, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02116
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75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
100 Federal Street, 34th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
500 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02108
276 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702
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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