cannabis laws changing the demographics of an area

What I'm wondering about here is cannabis laws changing the demographics of the society they apply to. I'm trying to figure out the effect Colorado's new laws are going to have as far as who's there, property values, etc. I think the property values will go up a little, as CO just became a more desireable, or valuable place.

But what I'm really wondering about is the people. For example, I've heard repeatedly Denver being referred to as "Menver", due to having a higher number of single men in the 20-35 or so range than singe women in that age range. I thought that was a hilarious term. But all those references were before this new recreational consumption law took effect. I think cannabis has basically an equal appeal across genders, unlike maybe other aspects of CO. Something with an equal appeal to both genders, whatever that is, the bigger it got, the more of an evening effect it would have on the society, if it were uneven before. So I hypothesize that the new cannabis law will reduce the "Menver" syndrome, although I have no idea by how much.

I am also curious who the new people will be, and what else they believe in or support, other than cannabis.
I really hope that laws allowing recreational use of cannabis will encourage more independent, free minded, creative, questioning people to gather and further influence the area in a positive way. I know a lot of people who don't smoke cannabis have a very negative view of people who do, but we know many of the world's most successfull, accomplished, and respected people have and still do smoke cannabis. So I'm not worried about CO being "taken over by a bunch of slackers on welfare", like some of the garbage I read online earlier today said.

Anyway, I am way too tired to think anymore at all right now, i just wanted to post this and see what anyone else thinks.

temporary phenomenon. as other states switch over the dust will settle in colorado. just my humble opinion. i guess the truth remains to be seen.

(a) women use and approve of cannabis at slightly lower raters then men (last i saw i think it was 58-39% men-women on approval of legalization, which, in fairness, is a different question than use or approval of substance but should still be indicative of slightly lower use rates). (B) the things that increase the likelihood of movement in the USA are slightly more in favor of men. Men are generally less risk averse (and therefore more willing to do something like move to a new state), and have higher levels of impulsivity into their twenties. So, it would seem the Menver phenomenon will have to wait for the scenario dannyboy proposes--which i agree, I think as states slowly change their laws, we'll see the proverbial dust resettle. Certainly some folks who move to CO to try to enter the cannabis industry will be less likely to leave when the national legal climate has relaxed, but there will also be those who either fail or move for the sole reason of consumption and are open to further moves beyond. Once that dust settles for these folks it becomes no different that it is today and the evening effect completes.
thats how i see it going down in part at least.
be easy,