head shops

Pipe and bong stores

Head shops are retail stores selling paraphernalia associated with cannabis and other drug use—pipes, bongs, rolling papers, scales.

They typically operate in a legal gray area by marketing products as intended for tobacco use.

The term dates from 1960s counterculture, when "head" meant someone into drugs: There's a head shop on the corner that sells incense and glass pipes.

paraphernalia

bongs

Filtered smoking devices

vaporizers · hookahs · one-hitters · screens · bowls · roach clips · nails · dugouts · bubblers · spoons

supplies

lighters

Handheld ignition devices

storage containers · filter tips · hemp wick · glass cleaner · isopropyl alcohol · cotton swabs · pokers · screens · papers

counterculture

hippies

Countercultural youth of the sixties

underground · rebellion · nonconformity · subculture · tie-dye · peace signs · counterculture · alternative lifestyle · anti-establishment · freaks

herbal

incense

Anger greatly, or aromatic resin

sandalwood · essential oils · aromatherapy · CBD · kratom · salvia · damiana · mugwort · blue lotus · kava

retail

display cases

Enclosed containers for exhibiting

vendors · wholesale · novelty items · age verification · cash only · dispensary

Categories
Opposites
legal/mainstream retail status

head shopsdispensaries

Outlets distributing medicines

department stores · chain stores · Walmart · big-box stores · pharmacies

substance-related commerce type

head shopsdispensaries

Outlets distributing medicines

pharmacies · liquor stores · tobacconists

cultural positioning

head shopscraft stores

Retailers of DIY supplies

Hobby Lobby

Family

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13