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What You Can Expect From An Indianapolis Head Shop

By Paulette Short


If you're a smoker, you may find that it's becoming more and more difficult to buy the paraphernalia you need from regular outlets. So many people frown upon customers buying rolling papers or pipes that you may feel as if you're buying something illegal. In Indiana, the solution is to visit an Indianapolis head shop for all your smoking needs.

Head shops are outlets that sell smoking paraphernalia as well as other products for use with tobacco. Along with pipes and cigarette papers, they also sell items like cigarette filters, rolling machines and vaporizers or water pipes if you want that flavored tobacco to go down more smoothly. They sell other items too, from candles and incense to clothing and underground comics.

The first of the stores to sell smoking paraphernalia seems to be one that was opened in San Francisco's Haight Street in 1966. It was the era of beatniks and hippies and soon similar shops sprung up everywhere near college campuses where young people embraced the counterculture. For a couple of decades they weren't as successful anymore but they are now becoming in vogue again.

While the stores focus on tobacco-related products, they are different from traditional tobacconists. Often they developed from candle shops and they still sell homeware items. Along with these you'll also find things like T-shirts, posters, jewelry, novelty items and underground publications. In fact, many underground artists and writers of the 1960s first made a name for themselves by selling their work in these shops.

Many people think of the stores as 'those hippie shops'. They associate the merchandise with illegal drug use. However, the stores are adamant that their wares are for use with tobacco and other legal substances only and not for use with marijuana unless it's in a state where you can get medical marijuana with a doctor's prescription.

Marijuana is illegal in Indiana and the possession of it carries severe penalties. This means that unless you want to get into trouble with the law, you should use the paraphernalia you buy at your Indianapolis store only with tobacco, no matter how suitable they may be for use with marijuana too. It is possible though that the state may change its marijuana laws some time in the future.

If you're in Indianapolis and you're looking for a unique gift for a smoker or for someone with bohemian sensibilities, you can't go wrong visiting a shop that sells glass pipes, incense, interesting T-shirts and other items. You may even be able to find glow-in-the-dark posters. Buying from one of these stores is a sure way to earn you the admiration of teenage nieces and nephews too.

If you're looking for an Indianapolis head shop near you, the best is to go online to get addresses, details on stock and prices and customer reviews. There are stores in different areas of the city, for instance in Speedway. Most of the stores are located in bohemian Broad Ripple Village, an area north of downtown which is reminiscent of Greenwich Village in New York. This neighborhood is known for its bustling nightlife, ethnic diversity, artists and of course its proximity to Butler University.




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