The Source first opened its doors in August 2019 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Back then, we were a small dispensary with only a handful of employees. Over the years, our crew has grown to over fifty people, but a few of the OG team still remain. Lenny Blankenship is one of the rare few who has been with us since the beginning.

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If you can’t recall who Lenny is, he’s the Jerry Garcia doppelganger with the boisterous laugh that makes you laugh right along. As a significant member of The Source team, we highlight Lenny this May the Source Day.

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Lenny was born in Gary, Indiana, in May 1971. He moved to Arkansas for a new start in life on Valentine’s Day in 1995. Lenny met his future wife not long after moving to the Natural State. They were married in 2003 and share a 13-year-old daughter together.

In his free time, Lenny enjoys a myriad of hobbies. He loves being outdoors and loves doing outdoor activities such as canoeing. He is a lover of all kinds of music and is an avid reader with a deep appreciation for poetry.

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Before becoming a full-time cultivator, Lenny worked as a budtender or “patient-consultant” at The Source. He found his calling in the growth!

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A cannabis lover at a young age, Lenny discovered the benefits of cannabis early on. Lenny always preferred a more natural, homeopathic lifestyle, and cannabis helped enable that lifestyle. When he was younger, Lenny used cannabis for recreational purposes. As he’s grown and learned more about the cannabis plant, he now mostly uses it for medicinal and spiritual purposes. He loves the broad spectrum of cannabis, and it’s power to treat everything from physical pain to mental health issues. “Amazing effects. We don’t know all it can do,” he marvels.

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Lenny shows off freshly harvested clones with his colleagues: Rob Garcia, Arianna Pascoe, and Jonathan Thompson.

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Lenny’s favorite way of consuming cannabis is with flower, and he prefers smoking joints or cones. He also enjoys vaping carts because of the convenience. When asked if he could only smoke one strain for the rest of his life, Lenny took a minute to think about it when his colleague Ariana Pascoe, blurted in his ear, “It better be In The Flow!” Lenny laughed and said, “Actually, it is,” stating Danky Kong as his favorite.

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Lenny states a common misconception about cannabis he would like to change is the notion that cannabis makes you lazy. For people new to cannabis, Lenny advises, “Enjoy it. Don’t be afraid of it. Understand it.”