The Stash Box Ad – August 27, 1973

For you Baby Boomers that lived in Lorain during its heyday, here's one of those articles (in reality a paid ad) shining the spotlight on a well-remembered business: The Stash Box. The page below is from the Journal of August 27, 1973. (Note the Yogi Bear Jellystone Park ad.)

For the uninformed, the Stash Box was a head shop, a term that I haven't heard in a while. 

At the time of the 1973 article, the store was located at 1065 Broadway. Later, it moved to Eighth and Broadway (which is the location I remember). Here's a December 1976 ad mentioning the move. Note the illustration of its building (now the home of Marzavas & Son Jewelers).

With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Ohio last year, maybe head shops will make a comeback. The Wiki entry suggested that cannabis dispensaries more or less double as head shops.

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It may seem strange, but I never tried marijuana in my life, although it was definitely in use in the dorm at Ohio State. When I came back to Lorain one year for the summer break, all of my old high school friends were using it too – which upset me and probably cost me some friendships. 

I guess if I wanted to get a buzz on, I preferred the 'old fashioned' way: alcohol. Nowadays, I literally do it the old-fashioned way sometimes: with an old-fashioned! I like all the fruit in it, although to many it's sacrilegious.

I know several people at work that were downright excited about the legalization of recreational marijuana in Ohio. I know the State will make a lot of money of it. But at what cost?

So no thanks. I'll stick to my Hamms and my old-fashioneds, the way dear old Dad used to make.