Alesus and I left Pagoda in Dinkytown and noticed a sign on the sidewalk for a new sublevel store. We went down stairs and discovered that it was a Head Shop/drug paraphernalia store:
It had bongs, bowls, digital scales, scales that looked like cellphones, cutting boards… you know, stuff that you’d think would be covered under a drug paraphernalia statute.
Alesus has a theory that the store operates because it strictly bans any mention of drugs. And the store did have little signs posted around that said something to the effect of “Not for tobacco use, or any illegal use. If you mention drugs you’ll get kicked out.”
I had the hardest time resisting the urge to walk up to the cashier and ask what legal use all this crap has. Edgy-table decorations? Potpourri?