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<br /> <br />Head shop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <br /> <br />Head shop <br /> <br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <br /> <br />A head shop is a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia <br />related to consumption of cannabis, other recreational <br />drugs, and New Age herbs, as well as generally selling <br />counterculture art, magazines, music, clothing, and home <br />decor. Products typically include bongs (called water pipes <br />in countries with drug paraphernalia laws), roach clips, <br />glass pipes, pipe screens, rolling papers, rolling machines, <br />scales or balances, whipped-cream chargers (which contain <br />nitrous oxide), blacklight-responsive posters, incense, <br />cigarette lighters, and products claimed to give false <br />negative results for drugs on urinalysis tests. <br /> <br />Contents <br /> <br />. 1 History <br />. 2 Legality <br />. 3 Smart shops <br />. 4 References <br />. 5 External links <br />. 6 See also <br /> <br />History <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br /> <br />A head shop in Florence, Italy. <br /> <br />Head shops originated in the 1960s in cities with a high concentration of college-age youth, often <br />growing out of independently owned poster or candle stores. Sources cite the Psychedelic Shop on <br />Haight Street in San Francisco, California, operated by U.S. Army veteran Ron Thelin and his younger <br />brother Jay, as the first in the United States [I] (http://www,ukcia,org/culture/history/chrono,html) [2] <br />(http://www .stheart,com/cohen _ bio.html) [3] (http://www.ptreyeslight.comlstories/mar21/thelin.html) [4] <br /> <br />(http://www.hiphappy.com/index.php?id=6ILit opened on January 3, 1966. Head shops served as an important <br />outlet for the underground comics of Robert Crumb and other counterculture cartoonists. The shop's <br />popularity eventually waned with the aging of that era's baby boomer generation, and with the retail <br />mainstream discovering and co-opting aspects of that market niche, such as alternative music and eco- <br />friendly products. <br /> <br />Legality <br /> <br />In the United States head shops exist in a legal grey area because of the nature of the materials they sell, <br />which can be used for both legal and illegal drugs. Signs stating that the products sold "are for tobacco <br />use only" are commonly posted. <br /> <br />By the early 2000s, with the passage of local laws allowing for medicinal marijuana, head shops have <br />reemerged regionally and on the Internet to service that health market. <br /> <br />http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Head _shop <br /> <br />6/4/2007 <br />