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Discover what
Mainline
stands for
Mainline focuses on preventing or reducing harm from drug use. We stand for a pragmatic approach that does not condemn drug use. Quitting is never a prerequisite for support. Mainline fights the stigma surrounding drug use.
Find out how our passionate team is working for the health and rights of people who use drugs through outreach work, trainings, harm reduction interventions, a magazine and more.
Our vision
Drug use is a prevalent reality across the globe. People who use drugs have the same universal rights as any other human being. However, the consequence of international prohibition on certain substances is that people who use drugs are marginalised, discriminated against and in many countries also criminalised. Mainline stands up for the rights and health of people who use drugs.
Our mission
Mainline’s mission is to improve the health and social status of people who use drugs. Always with respect for each individual’s personal choices and potential. The main goal is not to reduce drug use per se, but to promote overall well-being.
Our target group
Mainline focuses particularly on people who use drugs, are on the margins of society and/or often face significant health risks. Often, related to drug use, they experience problems in various areas of life such as work and housing.
Expertise
outreach work
The core of Mainline's activities is outreach work. The outreach workers pick up signals on the street, in social shelters, near sex work and swing venues, in drug consumption rooms, in penitentiaries, at homes of people who use and online on relevant forums and apps. Because only by being in direct contact with people who use, do we know what is going on, and are we able to inform and refer.
chemsex
In chemsex, sex and drugs are combined. The phenomenon is intertwined with the queer community. Mainline conducts long-term research on chemsex, develops educational materials, offers support to people who practice chemsex, and supports organisations in developing and implementing harm reduction interventions around chemsex.
drug information
Over the past 35 years, Mainline has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about substances and marginal use. Substances about which reliable information is sometimes difficult to find online. Read about basecoke, nitazene and psychedelics, for example, and learn what to look out for to limit the damage caused by use.
A team full of
passion and experience
Projects we’re more than proud
of
Mainline Magazine
Mainline magazine has been the leading magazine on drugs, health and street life for 35 years. It is written for and with people who use drugs. Mainline has a circulation of 10,000. The magazines are distributed among people who use drugs, professionals and drug support centres throughout the Netherlands.
Mainline’s field workers also distribute the magazines in places where people who use drugs gather. stands for harm reduction
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