Okay, here's the thing: the way the amendment is worded misleads people into thinking that the fifteen-year-old thing is true, even though its not. The people at NORML tried to get the state to change the wording, but they said no: "House Minority Leader Mike May, R-Parker, told Tvert that 'itâ??s not our responsibility to fix your poorly worded amendment.'"

Read more http://www.mapinc.org/newsnorml/v06/n1276/a04.html there.

Or http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=9805 there, if you want more to read.

So basically, the government is being itself and purposely miswording the amendment. Ugh.