If you have ever been to any retail store that sells glass pipes, rolling papers, and herbal accessories, and you find that all products have a label like “tobacco use only,” then you are in a head shop. Behind the busy counter you will see a business owner who has probably had his merchant account terminated once or twice.
A headshop is a retail shop that basically specializes in selling tobacco accessories, smoking paraphernalia, glass pipes, water pipes (bongs), rolling papers, vaporizers, hookahs, and all other related lifestyle products.
The term “head shop” started emerging in the 1960s; it’s counterculture slang where the word “head” simply means cannabis. Today headshops operate legally across US UK EU AU NZ and many other countries. They market their products exclusively labeled as to be used with tobacco products only. It is important to know that legal headshops don’t sell products that may be prohibited in many nations.