Growing concerns about the impact of legalisation on youths have also threatened to set back an industry that is estimated to be worth over US$1 billion by 2025.

The cannabis liberalisation has divided Thailand’s political parties as Bhumjaithai Party, headed by Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, is seen as a major beneficiary after it spearheaded the plant’s wider use and cultivation by households.
Many of the opposition parties and Democrat Party, a member of the ruling coalition, want to roll back the decriminalisation.