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I'm curious as to where the name "head shop" came from? i understand what it is and how it started, but where did the name orginate from?
The term "head shop" communicates the idea of a store selling things which are "good for one's head" http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/bongs/
There are multiple suggestions to where the term headshop originates from according to this website http://en.grasscompany.com/headshop It might stem from the eufemistic expression 'get your head on', — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rokert ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
I think this might be the first mention of a head shop: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-09-05/news/8901100384_1_pipes-paraphernalia-head-shops It's an article about Jack Herer, the glass pipe salesman. -- Potguru ( talk) 23:47, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
= Reply ==it originated in Clairton,pa. Behind my grandmas house
I have never edited a Wiki before, so this was quite interesting. However, I have an answer to your question. I grew up in Denton Texas, right next to the Zebra's Head (head shop). UNT was a music school (at least it was back then), and we used to buy pipes, bongs, papers, and then go around to the back of the store, score a lid of pot for $10, and use them. We eventually started calling it a "head shop". During the draft, I moved to California to avoid going to vietnam (and eventually to Canada for years), and -- like some other folks of the day (like Don Henley -- yea - knew him in College and he was quite the stoner back then), we started calling stores like that "Head Shops" based on the "Zebra's Head". It is still standing there today, and I'm thinking about asking my nephew to take a picture of the front before it's too late (yep, it's painted like a zebra).
Here is the post, and I certainly hope nobody deletes it. It's one of those bits of history that may very well be lost within the hourglass of our culture if it's not maintained. However, if I did this incorrectly, I would sincerely appreciate some assistance to get this posted appropriately. You may change the post, but PLEASE don't delete any facts that help maintain the validity of the post.
The term "Head Shop" originated at the "Zebra's Head" (Head Shop) in Denton, Texas, near the corner of Fry & Hickory street a mear 1 block from the University of North Texas (113 Fry St.). The Zebra's Head began selling paraphernalia in 1964 and has been a long standing tradition for UNT students (UNT is a music school) but will be torn down in 2009 as a result of a community revitalization program. UNT Students, like Don Henley from the Eagles, would travel to California and inquire or comment on the Zebra's Head shop, and eventually the phrase, "Head Shop" was added to the English vocabulary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.120.4.1 ( talk) 18:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I want to believe the story about the first head shop but without any evidence from some kind of news report or some other reference we just cannot accept your claim. -- Potguru ( talk) 23:52, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
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This article claims the "first use of a drug with the word 'head' to denote a subject as an addict" was in 1913.
https://marijuanapackaging.com/blogs/resources/headshop-history-why-do-we-call-them-headshops
Unfortunately the source cited does not (any longer) support that assertion. Ileanadu ( talk) 00:58, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
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I'm curious as to where the name "head shop" came from? i understand what it is and how it started, but where did the name orginate from?
The term "head shop" communicates the idea of a store selling things which are "good for one's head" http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/bongs/
There are multiple suggestions to where the term headshop originates from according to this website http://en.grasscompany.com/headshop It might stem from the eufemistic expression 'get your head on', — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rokert ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
I think this might be the first mention of a head shop: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-09-05/news/8901100384_1_pipes-paraphernalia-head-shops It's an article about Jack Herer, the glass pipe salesman. -- Potguru ( talk) 23:47, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
= Reply ==it originated in Clairton,pa. Behind my grandmas house
I have never edited a Wiki before, so this was quite interesting. However, I have an answer to your question. I grew up in Denton Texas, right next to the Zebra's Head (head shop). UNT was a music school (at least it was back then), and we used to buy pipes, bongs, papers, and then go around to the back of the store, score a lid of pot for $10, and use them. We eventually started calling it a "head shop". During the draft, I moved to California to avoid going to vietnam (and eventually to Canada for years), and -- like some other folks of the day (like Don Henley -- yea - knew him in College and he was quite the stoner back then), we started calling stores like that "Head Shops" based on the "Zebra's Head". It is still standing there today, and I'm thinking about asking my nephew to take a picture of the front before it's too late (yep, it's painted like a zebra).
Here is the post, and I certainly hope nobody deletes it. It's one of those bits of history that may very well be lost within the hourglass of our culture if it's not maintained. However, if I did this incorrectly, I would sincerely appreciate some assistance to get this posted appropriately. You may change the post, but PLEASE don't delete any facts that help maintain the validity of the post.
The term "Head Shop" originated at the "Zebra's Head" (Head Shop) in Denton, Texas, near the corner of Fry & Hickory street a mear 1 block from the University of North Texas (113 Fry St.). The Zebra's Head began selling paraphernalia in 1964 and has been a long standing tradition for UNT students (UNT is a music school) but will be torn down in 2009 as a result of a community revitalization program. UNT Students, like Don Henley from the Eagles, would travel to California and inquire or comment on the Zebra's Head shop, and eventually the phrase, "Head Shop" was added to the English vocabulary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.120.4.1 ( talk) 18:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I want to believe the story about the first head shop but without any evidence from some kind of news report or some other reference we just cannot accept your claim. -- Potguru ( talk) 23:52, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
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This article claims the "first use of a drug with the word 'head' to denote a subject as an addict" was in 1913.
https://marijuanapackaging.com/blogs/resources/headshop-history-why-do-we-call-them-headshops
Unfortunately the source cited does not (any longer) support that assertion. Ileanadu ( talk) 00:58, 25 April 2019 (UTC)