Native Green Wellness

Native Green Wellness, 26225 U.S. Hwy. 167 in Hensley, announced Monday that it will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 3. The dispensary will be open from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays, but it will be open on July 7 and 14 to accommodate the large numbers of new patients expected. Owner Kattie Hansen said the dispensary expects to sell about 40 pounds of medical cannabis per week.

NGW is the fourth dispensary to open in Arkansas. Doctor’s Orders and Green Springs Medical both opened in Hot Springs in May, and Arkansas Natural Products opened in Clinton in June.

On July 3, NGW will have food trucks, portable toilets and “shady spots” for patrons lining up to purchase medical marijuana. Hansen said the dispensary has received calls and messages from people asking to camp outside of the facility before its opening.

“I’m not gonna steer away a camper,” Hansen said.


Hansen said the 10,000-square-foot dispensary has been structured to process patients quickly: At the door, patients will have their state medical marijuana ID cards checked and entered into the ARSTEMS tracking system — they’ll also be required to bring a driver’s license — before being admitted in groups to the dispensary area, where Hansen said snacks and soft drinks will be available to patrons while they wait to be taken to the “bud bar” by a “wellness consultant.” The consultants will then help patients through the process of ordering the product best suited for their qualifying condition. The bud bar will have three checkout stations; a fourth floating computer will be operated by a consultant to help answer questions on the sales floor.

The dispensary will only accept cash for purchases, and an ATM will be available in the facility. Hansen said NGW will offer four sativa strains of “bud” or cannabis flower: Sour Tangie, AK-47, Chiesel and White Widow. It will offer two options that are hybrids of indica and sativa strains — Giesel and OG Kush — and one indica strain, Super Skunk. The dispensary will also offer grape gummy edibles that come in packs of 10.


NGW will offer its product at $15 per gram, $50 per eighth of an ounce, $95 for a quarter of an ounce, $190 for half an ounce, and $380 for an ounce. Those prices are in line with charges Arkansas Times’ Cannabiz Lew Gasnier found at Green Springs and Doctors Orders and a little less than Arkansas Natural’s prices advertised online. Like Doctors Orders, NGW is in an unincorporated area, which saves on taxes.

NGW is also licensed as a grow facility, meaning it can grow and cultivate up to 50 plants in-house. Hansen said the dispensary is finishing up work on the cultivation rooms, and she predicts NGW will be ready to have plants in the building within the next two weeks. The dispensary owner said NGW has about 35 employees, including wellness consultants and staff for its cultivation rooms. About 90 percent of the staff live in the East End, Sheridan and Landmark areas, she said.

Hansen said the dispensary opening is “really exciting” for its owners and staff.

“There’s been a lot of positive feedback from people on social media and in the community that are looking forward to us being open,” Hansen said. “It should be a really eventful week.”