—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 30,1976
Pot gear
big sale
industry
By PHIL STOREY
Collegian Staff Writer
A decade ago, possession of
a marijuana pipe could
warrant an arrest. Today, not
only is possession of drug
paraphernalia legal in nearly
every state, but the sale of
paraphernalia is a $2OO
million industry in the United
States.
“People aren’t paranoid
about carrying around
paraphernalia anymore,”
said Dave Talmus, manager
and owner of the Lazy J, State
College’s most prominent
“head” shop. "More and
more people are 'freer with
it.”
Talmus, operator of the
shop for three years, said,
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“The paraphernalia business
increases all the time.”
He couldn’t estimate the
volume of Lazy J’s business,
he said, because he goes over
his books only once a year.
Talmus said half the'Lazy
J’s business comes from Penn
State students and the other
half comes from local
residents .and people from
within a 100-mile radius of
State College.
He said that people from
outside State College who
visit here on the weekends
stop in to buy paraphernalia
because “their home town
doesn’t have enough of a
selection.
“A lot of it is nickel and
dime stuff,” Talmus said of
his sales. “People get off on
paraphernalia and like to look
around maybe buy a pipe
for a buck or a roach clip for
fifty cents.
“It’s like a candy store. It’s
a happy business.”
Talmus claims most State
College heads want inex
pensive, functional
paraphernalia.
Bongs, long cylindrical
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water pipes which deliver a
cooler and bigger hit of smoke
than conventional marijuana
pipes, are big sellers now,
according to Talmus. He said
bongs “caught on and surpass
all other pipe sales.” And, of
course, rolling papers still
sell well, he added.
The Lazy J is supplied by 15
to 20 different companies,,
“from multi-million dollar'
corporations to individual
craftsmen,” Talmus said.
Although the paraphernalia
market is growing larger
indicating an atmosphere of
leniency on the part of the law
pot smokers are still taking
precautions.
“Dorm residents are still
sticking towels under their
doors (to keep the smoke in
the room) and lighting in
cense to cover the smell,”
Talmus said.
“Incense is still a big seller
here," Talmus said. “Now
we’re selling incense that
smells like pot and opium. I
don’t know what people use it
for.”
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Divers splash down for marathon
Students pass 'Go' underwater
Tom Miller and Vicki Bolyn
celebrated Gentle Thursday
yesterday with a splash, but
not on the HUB lawn with
everyone else.
Along with Fred Hons
berger, operations director
of WRSC radio, they plunged
into the Natatorium’s diving
tank to start the Nittany
Diver Club’s underwater
Monopoly games.
"I’ve always wanted to be
Lloyd Bridges,” quipped
Police Log
University police yesterday
apprehended three juveniles
for setting off fireworks on
the HUB lawn during Gentle
Thursday activities.
Police also cited one male
student for possession of two
quarts of beer.
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Honsberger climbed to the
top of the.diving board. With
spectators cheering him on,
Honsberger jumped into the
tank to roll the die in the first
of many Monopoly games
club members hope to play as
they try to break a 300-hour
Guinness record.
Honsberger’s job com
pleted, “Big Fred,” as he is
known in the area, said, “I’m
ready for Jaws II!” .
Since Parker Brothers did
not intend that their game be
played underwater, club
members had to keep’ the
game board dry with un
breakable glass and water
tight seals. The board was
then placed on a round table
which is held to the bottom by
weights.
Members hope to play in
two-hour shifts for 400 hours
(about 17 days).
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