On 8 August 2023, the Cabinet gave its approval to a draft royal decree that included a trial area for the growth and extraction of critical compounds from opium and Psilocybe mushrooms, as well as regulations and inspection procedures for such plants' production and essential compounds. The International Narcotics Control College and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Chiang Rai have set up the planting trial area. The Government Pharmaceutical Organization will conduct tests on the extraction of morphine from opium for medical purposes in two locations: Bangkok and Pathum Thani. The draft royal decree also adds a buffalo mushroom experimentation area for study and research in educational institutions in four different parts of the nation. The research will examine the use of opium plants, or buffalo mushrooms, for the treatment of cancer patients, those using antidepressants, or other patients in need under controlled circumstances. Future imports of morphine from other countries will decline as a result.