mainliners
Intravenous drug users
Mainliners has two distinct meanings.
In drug culture, mainliners are people who inject drugs directly into a vein—the "main line"—for faster, more intense effect: The clinic sees mainliners alongside casual users.
Separately, mainliners are members of mainline Protestant denominations—the established, traditionally dominant churches like Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Methodists, as distinguished from evangelical or fundamentalist groups.
Into the vein
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- syringeMedical injection tool
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- veinsBlood-return tubes
shooting up · track marks · fix · opiates · speedball · nodding · tourniquet · spoon
People deeply into something
- aficionadosArdent, knowledgeable enthusiasts
- adherentsLoyal supporters of something
- followersPeople who support someone
- diehardsUnyielding supporters
loyalists · fans · buffs · supporters · partisans · zealots · disciples · faithful
Act of taking away
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- dependencyState of needing support
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
relapse · tolerance · craving · substance abuse · methadone · narcotics · dependence · recovery
Strict adherence advocates
- conservativesAdvocates for gradual change
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistsRigid interpreters of doctrine
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
sticklers · conformists · literalists · dogmatists · uncompromising · strict · formalists · perfectionists
intravenous
Into the vein
veins · shooting up · track marks · fix · opiates · speedball · nodding · tourniquet · spoon · cotton
enthusiasts
People deeply into something
- aficionadosArdent, knowledgeable enthusiasts
- adherentsLoyal supporters of something
- followersPeople who support someone
diehards · loyalists · fans · buffs · supporters · partisans · zealots · disciples · faithful · acolytes
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- dependencyState of needing support
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
detoxification · relapse · tolerance · craving · substance abuse · methadone · narcotics · dependence · recovery · intervention
purists
Strict adherence advocates
- conservativesAdvocates for gradual change
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistsRigid interpreters of doctrine
old-school · sticklers · conformists · literalists · dogmatists · uncompromising · strict · formalists · perfectionists · stalwarts
mainlinerssnorters
Remarkable or difficult things
smokers · inhalers · pill poppers · sniffers · huffers
mainlinersevangelicals
Conversion-focused Protestant Christians
fundamentalists · charismatics · Pentecostals · Southern Baptists · religious right