Are head shops still around ?

[LonnieFisher]

I get my stuff at a local "record and tape" store that's been around since the 80's. They have the posters and shirts and stickers and incense and stuff like that. They also sell a few cd and stuff, but I'm sure the store survives on the glass pipes and bongs they sell. Quite a nice selection.

[ODBJBG]

Isn't Spencers Gifts essentially a head shop? Pretty sure they sold bongs last time I was in there and everything else in there is the exact same crap you find at head shops. They're the Target of Head shops.

[garagesale]

They still have 'em in Oklahoma. You'd think they wouldn't allow 'em here. Don't ever mention Spider-Man's girlfriend in one, tho. That's actually illegal in these "smoke and novelty" shops.

JamesD

[generic]

Don't ever mention Spider-Man's girlfriend in one, tho.

I'm embarrassed to say that it took me a few seconds to get that one.

I'm in Atlanta, so yeah, we have them around here. Some of them have merged with the softcore adult novelty stores and some of them are still stand-alone. I don't know if the stores themselves have changed due to time or new laws or if it's just my memory of them, but I remember as a kid they seemed dark and mysterious and cool and now they just seem like florescent light-lit convenience stores but with a different odor.

[highquality]

In Dothan, Alabama, they've been relegated to our local Flea Market.