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.

At a head or smoke shop you'll find many tobacco-related products. Cigarette papers and filters for roll-your-own tobacco, pipes and hookahs or vaporizers are the main merchandise at shops of this type. You may also find other items for sale, including legal drugs, incense and underground magazines.

Smoke shops were all the rage in the late 1960s, when the counterculture was blooming. The store that started it all was established in 1966, in the famous hippie mecca of Haight Street in San Francisco. When the hippies became respectable citizens, many stores closed their doors but now they're becoming increasingly popular again, especially in states where medical marijuana is legal.

Head shops don't only sell smoking paraphernalia. They often stock items like posters, comic books, clothing, jewelry, candles and novelty items too. In fact, many of these shops started out as candle shops and artists of the counterculture found most of their clients through these outlets, as did publishers of underground newspapers and comic books.

The same people who think cigarette papers are for rolling marijuana cigarettes often think that smoke shops are where you go to buy illegal drugs. This couldn't be further from the truth, however. The merchandise is strictly for use with tobacco and legal herbs.

It's important to remember that Indiana has strict laws about the use of illegal substances. The possession of even a tiny amount of marijuana can get you in serious trouble and may land you in jail. If you buy pipes or rolling papers from an Indianapolis shop and want to stay on the right side of the law, it's best to use your purchases for legal substances like tobacco only.

It may be difficult to find an unusual gift for an artistic nephew or niece in Indy. This is where the local head shop can come to the rescue too. Parents may frown upon it if you give their teenager a water pipe but an unusual T-shirt or piece of jewelry or a poster that glows in the dark may be a welcome gift. Simply buying it from the right shop will earn you some street cred with the young relative.

Indy has a variety of outlets where you can buy smoking paraphernalia. Most are clustered in Broad Ripple Village, the city's answer to New York's Greenwich Village. This trendy part of town is located about twenty minutes north of downtown Indianapolis and near Butler University. It's a progressive, vibrant and ethnically diverse neighborhood where you'll find bars and restaurants, venues for live music, quirky boutiques and of course shops for smokers. However, you don't have to come here to find an Indianapolis head shop. You'll also find some in other parts of town, such as in Speedway to the west of downtown. Simply look online for more details and also for customer reviews.




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