Not necessarily the true intent, but the "excuse" for the medical marijuana amendment in the first place was for truly ill, often bed-ridden patients to be able to legally use marijuana to ease their pain and suffering. These patients would need somebody to take them or go out and get it for them, like their "caregiver" who provides them transportation, buys their groceries, etc, so "caregivers" were included.
While that was the "excuse" for the amendment that 54% of the voters bought into, we can see now that wasn't the true intent, was it?

In case you missed it, and if you rely on the DC for your news you probably did, on Oct 29th the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that a "primary care-giver" as already defined by the Colorado Constituion has to do more than merely supply marijuana to a "patient". Judge Loeb went one step furher and noted that the distribution of marijuana is stil illegal in Colorado, so for either a patient or a cargiver to obtain it, somebody has to break the law.
This ruling is what spurred the Health Board's meeting to bring what they deem a "primary care-giver" in line with the State Appeals Court's ruling. The change they made was correct, but as the Denver judge, much lower on the legal totem pole, agreed, they didn't give enough public notice of the meeting. In the end, the Health Board will have to comply with the higher court's ruling, no matter how much public notice they give.
You can read the Colorado Appeals Court ruling for yourself:
http://www.cobar.org/opinions/opinion.cfm?opinion...

If you really want more details, go to the Sheriff's website and read their actual press releases: bouldercounty.org/sheriff