Maine Drug Users Union

At A Glance

Location: 

Bangor, Maine

Primary Issue Area:

  • Living Economies

Active since:

2024

  • Cute dormouse takes nap in flower
  • Black rectangular tote containing new syringes, intramuscular narcan, and fentanyl test strips
  • Three Needlepoint organizers sitting on a bench next to a water container in Second Street Park, Bangor. Behind them are seven bags full of items collected from the cleanup which took place in July of 2020.
  • Close up photo of table with "Free Narcan and Needlepoint Sanctuary Of Maine"" written across the top in Pickering Square, Bangor. Placed on top of the table are Needlepoint informational pamphlets, a Bangor-area general resources map, a yellow plastic container filled with instramuscular narcan. An organizer wearing a dark blue coat and light blue mask is seated behind the table.
  • Organizers and friends, some sitting and some standing, under a white canopy and next to two black tables. On top of the table to the right is five boxes of pizza. The other table holds beverages, a box with pipes and straps, containers with mutual aid supplies, and Needlepoint informational pamphlets. A red sharps container sits below the table, next to a black sleeping bag.
  • A group of ten people next to two white tables lined with hot beverages and food, mutual aid and harm reduction supplies at Camp Hope in Bangor, Maine. Next to the tables are totes filled with winter clothing. There is some snow in the background.

Our Purpose

The Maine Drug Users Union advocates on behalf of the human rights of drug users and seeks to advance the expertise of survivors of the drug war on issues related to substance use.