A Winnipeg councillor is rallying the city to restrict where head shops can set up shop.
Ross Eadie said some of the stores that sell smoking-related products are operating near schools in his ward.
"Parents have the right to steer their children the right way, We don't need this stuff in front of our kids," said Eadie, who added he believes illegal activity occurs in some of these storefronts.
"Illegal things do get sold at head shops, I know they do. I have friends who purchase illegal things at these places,” said Eadie.
The councillor worries some kids could see the products on their way to school because head shops have the freedom to set up where they’d like.
Eadie said headshops promote a lifestyle connected to drugs, and he wants their locations restricted and far away from schools.
Brian Bashucky runs a Main Street headshop.
He sells clothing, hats, and glass pipes most often associated with marijuana.
The storeowner told CTV he doesn't allow anyone under 18 to buy the pipes.
"We don't want it flooding the streets, we don't want little kids seeing this,” said Bashucky,
The owner of Hood Hop'rz said nothing illegal takes place in his store, and added it has more to do with how the products are sold, than where.
"We don't promote it, we don't put it in the windows…you don't know we even have it until you actually come in. It's about how you portray it, right,” said Bashucky.
The city's legal department is studying the issue and a report could be ready as early as late November.
Eadie has been calling on the city to also regulate where marijuana can be sold because he predicts legalization is imminent.
