[PRESS RELEASE] – CHICAGO, Dec. 30, 2025 – Verano Holdings Corp., a leading multistate cannabis company, announced that it will open Zen Leaf Charleston on Jan. 2, the company’s sixth West Virginia dispensary and 159th location nationwide. Zen Leaf Charleston, located at 117 Summers St., will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. In celebration of the grand opening, Zen Leaf Charleston will host a ceremonial ribbon-cutting cutting Friday morning.
Zen Leaf Charleston complements Verano’s five existing West Virginia Zen Leaf locations in Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Westover and Wheeling. According to the West Virginia Department of Health, there are currently more than 35,000 approved medical cannabis patients in the state.
“We’re thrilled to welcome patients at Zen Leaf Charleston as we expand our dispensary footprint across the Mountain State,” Verano founder and CEO George Archos said. “We are excited to open our sixth statewide dispensary in Charleston, and look forward to serving the medical cannabis community as we plant roots in West Virginia's beautiful capital city.”
In addition to six Zen Leaf retail locations, Verano’s vertical West Virginia operations include a 40,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art cultivation and processing facility in Beaver, where the company produces a variety of its award-winning branded products for medical patients including (the) Essence flower, vapes and concentrates; Savvy flower and vapes; Verano Reserve flower and concentrates; and Avexia RSO, topicals, tablets and tinctures.
For additional convenience and accessibility, patients can choose to order ahead at ZenLeafDispensaries.com for express in-store pickup.
