Bec Koop, a cannabis event coordinator, was quoted as saying basically what you’d imagine someone who organizes office party smoke outs would say: “cannabis is a common denominator across all demographics—East Coast, West Coast, rich, poor, white, black, gay, straight; it brings people together.” 

While this is good news for anyone hoping to have the plot of Hereditary explained to them in long, run on sentences, it’s taking a bite out of booze sales, as dispensaries warn against mixing your traditional Christmas eggnog bender with the newly legal workplace Scooby Snacks. Organizers interviewed discussed the potential hazards of crossfading, advising caution against intermingling these two great tastes that taste great together.

And at the risk of sounding like we have a petition for you to sign at the farmer’s market, isn’t that a good thing? Are office parties really better for having the tech guy get handsy, low key racist, and then throw up behind the reception desk? Perhaps a world full of coworkers who forego the shots in favor of getting stoney baloney is a world we can all get behind.

Plus, like, hemp makes such strong rope.