At least 8 people are expected to give evidence starting next week to the Scottish Affairs Committee about drug policy failure in the region.
One of those witnesses, F. Gilbertson, admits to being a former drug user, and says that current methods are too costly, they're ineffective, and inhumane.
The war on drugs has gone on for decades but hasn't prevented addiction in the slightest, or kept communities safe from drug violence etc, the war has unintentionally brought a great deal of violence to communities and harm to peaceful, vulnerable people.
Scotland is currently regarded as the worst nation in Europe as far as drug deaths go.
The number of deaths they're seeing in Scotland is more than 2x what they saw only a decade ago. The tough on drugs stance doesn't work and does much more harm than good.
The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) has previously called for a reconsideration of drug policies worldwide and suggested that efforts to eliminate drug activity have had little to no effect whatsoever.
If some ways even, the war on drugs has benefited drug traffickers.
Meanwhile, human rights have been severely violated over the years, with cruel violence being initiated against peaceful people. It's hard to admit when a mistake has been made, that we might have been wrong, but the war on drugs is one of the biggest mistakes of all and has been nothing more than a war on the freedom to make a choice and individual liberty.
