Any Rights to Medicate in Hotel Room ?

[DryEye]

I had stayed in 4-star downtown hotel over my birthday weekend. I brought my red card with me and intended to find a nearby park to medicate in. Other advice then lead me to believe medicating privately in my hotel room would be more considerate and not violating any laws. However, it does violate the hotel's no smoking policy, and subsequently I was charged $200 for violating that policy. I did not get angry and only remarked "I felt my patients rights permitted me to medicate privately as best I see fit and that I should not face subsequent punishment by additional fees, or be treated any differently at all than your other guests, even if it is in violation of your policy, as patients rights have a greater precedent." However, they did not agree with that perspective, which is their right, and charged my credit card the additional $200.

Now if I pursue this further, how should I best proceed? Should I contact their corporate office and see if they agree with my point of view and reverse the charges?

I also am uncertain if there are indeed legal rights for medical marijuana patients to rightfully medicate in their hotel room. Is this something that a civil case would have to dispute? That would be a big problem for me, as I don't have the time and money to invest in that, but would want to set the precedent for all other patients and make it clear one way or the other if medicating through inhalation (smoking, or vaporizing) is a patients right over a hotels policy.

So now I am seeking the communities thoughts, advice and comments. Thanks

DryEye Reviewed by DryEye on 09-03-2010. Any Rights to Medicate in Hotel Room ? I had stayed in 4-star downtown hotel over my birthday weekend. I brought my red card with me and intended to find a nearby park to medicate in. Other advice then lead me to believe medicating privately in my hotel room would be more considerate and not violating any laws. However, it does violate the hotel's no smoking policy, and subsequently I was charged $200 for violating that policy. I did not get angry and only remarked "I felt my patients rights permitted me to medicate privately as Rating: 5

[denverbear]

regardless of medication and medicating in your room smoking is smoking and they probably have you on this one....just my personal opinion tho. :rastasmoke:

[DryEye]

I understand that perspective, and I suppose that is why I am reluctant to spend any further time trying to reverse the charges. But my drive is for patients like me that don't dare risk losing their MMJ license (so won't medicate in a park for example), and must medicate on a regular schedule for the pain-reducing qualities to be effective, this is a circumstance in which smoking in the room can't be avoided else they must suffer with what is sually chronic or debillitating pain, so for this condition of no fault or control of one's own, I don't feel one should be rightfully fined for this occurance. For patients like me, edibles are not an effective means of managing pain, while smoking is reliable, effective and easy to measure (or predict) its effects. But they also have a right to enforce no-smoking in their hotel, so their right as personal property owners may bbe greater than my rights to medicate on a portion of their property I am renting for a night.

[AuggieWest]

Were you staying in a hi-rise w/ no windows?

W/ windows, just blow the smoke outside.

W/O windows, I would go outside somewhere secluded but obviously you were not comfortable doing this. If it was a nice hotel the venting system could work for you if you sent the smoke into the intake. You should also have sprayed the room w/ the many suitable ez products that work for this. When smoking in a enclosed hotel room, you should also blow the fans full max. You must have left quite the trail for them to find out and fine you. Maybe you smoke like Cheech & Chong.....I dunno. Did you at least try to eliminate your smoking odors?

[DryEye]

I don't know what evidence they have, perhaps only the ashes I may not have washed completly down the sink or I left some herb on the counter perhaps. I don't think they smelled it, but I could be mistaken.

I smoked in the bathroom with the shower on full heat so the steam and smoke would combine and be carried out the exhaust in the bathroom. In either case I can't dispute that I was smoking in the room, I really don't know how they determined that though. I left my stuff in the room while I went out, maybe someone was actually in my room and saw it in the drawaer...I think that is unlikly though.

[cologrower420]

I'm nearly certain that the law only allows you to medicate in your own home, outside the view of others.

As I understand it, I can't even smoke on my porch or in my garage if I am in plain view of others.

It seems difficult to translate that into your hotel room being your temporary 'home'. Although, I've always smoked pot in non-smoking hotel rooms, and I've been respectful and never had problems.

Good luck.

[copobo]

it's their property and their policy.

it would be nice to have places where it is okay to medicate.

If a coffee shop decided to allow medical smoking, could it? If they weren't a dispensary?

Is that place in Breck still open?

[Zedleppelin]

Dispute the charge on your credit card, deny deny deny.

[SoCoMMJ]

Get a smoking room ?

[Ebbandflowian]

Get a smoking room ?

There's a thought the days in in co springs was fine with me smoking big stinkin blunts in there smoking rooms the manager knocked on my door mad as hell I showed her my doctors Rec and she was like that's cool damn that weed looks good....lol