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Why are headshops called headshops?

Discussion in 'Apprentice Marijuana Consumption' started by Batmanchu, Nov 27, 2011.

  1. #1 Batmanchu, Nov 27, 2011
    I mean, I know what a headshop is, obviously, but not why they're called headshops.
     
  2. #2 FaKinSuPah, Nov 27, 2011
    Cause they're as great as head, and they're shops

    ..or not
     
  3. #3 PCjabber, Nov 27, 2011
    Not to be a dick, but let me google that for you. :D

    I think the most convincing arguments relate to "deadheads," "potheads," and the like.
     
  4. #4 MrBongToker420, Nov 27, 2011
    uh.........
     
  5. #5 tharedhead, Nov 27, 2011
    A head is "someone who smokes dope, or a cool person" from
    [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Hippie-Dictionary-Cultural-Encyclopedia-1960s/dp/1580085474]Amazon.com: Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s (9781580085472): John Bassett McCleary: Books[/ame]
     
  6. #6 88 Others, Nov 27, 2011
    I believe it started back in medieval times. If you were to be caught smoking marijuana which they called gritscrub back then, you would be taken to be beheaded, hence ( "head" ) and back then the word shop started from underground stores that sold drugs, mainly marijuana and paraphanellia. Satanic stoners from San Diego in the late 60's researched it and put two and two together and came up with headshop.
    I hope this clears things up.
     
  7. #7 tiger bloom, Nov 27, 2011
    [quote name='"88 Others"']I believe it started back in medieval times. If you were to be caught smoking marijuana which they called gritscrub back then, you would be taken to be beheaded, hence ( "head" ) and back then the word shop started from underground stores that sold drugs, mainly marijuana and paraphanellia. Satanic stoners from San Diego in the late 60's researched it and put two and two together and came up with headshop.
    I hope this clears things up.[/quote]

    Wtf there was prohibition in medieval times? I thought everyone smoked kush.
     
  8. #8 FatJayz, Mar 17, 2013
    they're called headshops cuz they sell things for your head, do they not?
     

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