Third Eye Shoppe
Defunct head shop in Portland, Oregon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Third Eye Shoppe, commonly known as The Third Eye, was a head shop in Portland, Oregon's Hawthorne district and Richmond neighborhood, in the United States. The shop was founded in 1987 and owned by cannabis and counterculture activist Jack Herer. His son, Mark Herer, took over as the shop's owner in 2001. The Third Eye closed on March 31, 2017, as a result of declining sales, development of the surrounding neighborhood, increasing health care costs, and increased competition. For nearly thirty years, the shop was associated with Portland's cannabis culture and recreational drug tourism, and was included in Willamette Week's annual "Best of Portland" reader's poll several times.
Company type | Head shop |
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Founded | July 1, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-07-01) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Defunct | March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) |
Headquarters | 3950 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, Oregon , U.S. |
Owner | Jack Herer (1987–2001); Mark Herer (2001–2017) |