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Building a healthier
and just
future for people who use drugs

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Syringe exchange

Drug testing service

Chemsex support

Expertises

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 people who use at home, and online on relevant forums and apps. Because picking up signals and trends, informing, and referring, is only possible by being in direct contact with people who use drugs.

Chemsex

Chemsex combines sex and drugs. Mainline conducts long-term research on chemsex, develops informative materials, offers support to people who practice chemsex, and supports organisations in developing and implementing harm reduction interventions around chemsex.

Anabolic steroids

Mainline investigates the use of Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIED) in recreational sports and develops harm reduction interventions and informative materials for athletes taking substances to improve performance and/or alter their physical appearance.

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URGENT: Stop the cruel austerity of Mainline

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Mainline in the Harm Reduction Journal

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New research: chemsex amongst transgender people in Amsterdam

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New time chemsex meetings

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New signal: Lyrica

TRAININGS ON DRUGS, HEALTH
AND THE STREETS

Training: substances knowledge

Practical basic training on substances. This training is indispensable for professionals dealing with clients who use drugs.
  • Hands-on training
  • Deepen and expand your knowledge of drugs and use
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Training: overdose prevention

With this training, you will learn how to deal effectively with an overdose. With practical information and valuable tips.
  • Practical basic training
  • Tools to recognise and prevent overdose
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Training: making contact

Training on how to make contact with people who use drugs. Learn various communication techniques and enter the conversation confidently.
  • Practical basic training
  • Understand someone who uses
  • Various contact methods
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Projects we are most
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people who use drugs were reached

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Indonesians who use drugs reached

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Magazine

Published four times a year, this lifestyle magazine for people who use drugs provides up-to-date information on developments in the drug scene.

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