head shop

n. Slang

A specialty shop that sells paraphernalia for use with illegal drugs.

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head′ shop`

n.
Slang.

a shop selling paraphernalia associated with the use of drugs.

[1965–70, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

head shop - a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users; "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop"

shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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COPS have swooped on a "head shop" in the Black Country which is suspected of selling psychoactive drugs.

Police in first shop raid targeting former 'legal highs'

The incident was said to have happened next to the bus stop outside the Iguana head shop, on Hoghton Street, in May.

Two will . face trial for street attack

Leominster Police Chief Robert Healey said he hasn't had any drug-related issues with Dragon's Leyr, a city head shop that has been in business for about a decade.

Head shops; Stores springing up

By DECLAN BrENNAN JunkieS desperate for a high are putting their lives at risk by injecting themselves with banned head shop drugs.

Cat junkies inject drug for kicks

There is a small amount of skate clothing but the majority of wearable goods are the hippie-type clothes spilling over from the head shop in back.

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Among her volumes of poetry are The New York Head Shop and Museum (1974); Coal (1976); The Black Unicorn (1978), poems about Africa; Chosen Poems Old and New (1982); and Our Dead Behind Us (1986).

Lorde, Audre (Geraldine) (1934- )

Witnesses at the scene said the victim had been sat at the bus stop next to the Iguana Head Shop, which was formerly the Coffee Bar.

MAN IN FIGHT FOR LIFE AFTER ATTACK; 24-year-old left critically ill in hospital

But lately, as part of her internship at Head Shop Hair Factory, she has been able to see how easy and important it is for the business community to reach out and make the city a better place.

Donated beauty products give hope new look in Root Rescue

But the best bit is where the Bill defines a "place" where head shop drugs are sold as including "structures of any kind", beached boats, grounded airplanes and, most bizarrely, hovercraft.

LOOPYHOLES IN THE LAW

The Tower Head shop, on a South London estate near Tower Bridge, asked Hannah for ID and refused to serve her when she failed to give proof of age The refusal of many shopkeepers to heed the law has caused scores of angry parents to confront them.

SHOPS SELLING DANGER DRUGS TO KIDS; MIRROR INVESTIGATES Under-18 just strolls in to buy legal highs