Review Article

Contribution of Illicit Drug Use to Pharmaceutical Load in the Environment: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2

Comparative active chemicals (ACs) loads reported from various categories of drug.

Drug categoryDaily load in g/dayReferences

Anti-inflammatory100–3000[78]
Anticonvulsant0–100
Anticorrosive100–200
Opioids0–500
Illicit drugs800–3800
Antibiotics500–4200