The Stranger, 27 Mar 2013 – Catholic Hospital Calls Cops on a Patient for Smelling of (Legal) Marijuana Matthew Zimmerman wasn’t thinking about the small bag of pot in his pocket when he went in for a routine exam at a Gig Harbor medical center on March 18, because Washington State voters legalized marijuana possession last fall. Plus, he explains, "I forgot it was there." But shortly after a nurse smelled the marijuana and confronted Zimmerman, a police officer arrived to question him.