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The origins of head shops can be traced back to the counter culture roots of the 1960′s. Many of these shops started out as independently owned establishments in cities that catered to the growing number of college students in their areas. These head shops served an important role for such items as underground newspapers as well as comics that were not available in the mass media, and which had limited distribution rights due to their alternative content. Historically these shops started and grew wildly popular in the larger cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. Naturally the first known head shop sprung up in the psychedelic neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. These head shops sold a variety of materials known to be used for marijuana and other legal substances. They were gathering places for folks who wanted to taste the alternative lifestyles of the day, and mingle with friends, buy posters, candles, incense, smoking devices, etc. and get in tune with the burgeoning counter culture of the times.

These days you can find head shops of many shapes and sizes in virtually every city in The United States and the world. One of the coolest of these shops is head shop sandhills located just off US 1 in the Pinehurst – Southern Pines, NC area. These new and improved modern head shops provide a unique and eclectic experience for any shopper. You can come in to the shop and find a vast array of clothing and apparel, books, even hand made jewelry and a wide variety of herbal incense, as well as hookahs, bongs, pipes and lighters of all shapes and sizes. Also, beautiful art and tapestries can be had.

There are still those forces out there who say head shops merely exist to sell illegal drug paraphernalia, but shop owners will argue that these materials are only to be used with legal products such as tobacco, and assorted legal herbal incense blends. All reputable head shops do have signs clearly posted in their stores that state if a person who is making a purchase even hints at the possibility of using their items illegally, they will by no means be allowed to buy those items and will most likely be kicked out of the shop for good. Since medical marijuana made it onto the scene some head shops do cater to that new market.