Finding An Indianapolis Head Shop

By Paulette Short


If you smoke but don't like brand-name cigarettes, you probably know how difficult it can be to find the items you need to make that puff possible. As soon as you purchase cigarette papers, people immediately assume that you're a pothead. This is why it's such a pleasure to buy your smoking paraphernalia from an Indianapolis head shop.

A head shop specializes in everything a smoker might need. Here you'll find a wide range of tobacco-related products, from cigarette paper to pipes and even water pipes, as well as machines for rolling your own if you prefer, for instance, flavored tobacco. Often head shops also sell incense, legal drugs and underground publications.

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.

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.

Especially in Indiana you shouldn't make the mistake of thinking the local smoke shop will approve of you using their products for illegal drugs. Marijuana laws in the state are still very strict and penalties for possession are severe. Until the state relaxes its laws in this regard, you're better off using the paraphernalia you buy for legal substances like flavored tobacco.

Smoke shops in Indianapolis are great places to shop for unusual gifts too, even if you're not buying something for a smoker. For instance, it can be a nightmare to find a gift that an artistically-minded teenage relative will like but something like a unique T-shirt or a poster that responds to black light may be just the right choice. If young Jimmy or Jane finds out where you bought their birthday gift, you may even become the 'cool' family member in their eyes.

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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