The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), signed in 1993 by President Clinton, went even further by banning the military use of such
riot-control agents as tear gas.
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Riot-control agents. These are well known to the public as pepper spray, OC (oleoresin capsicum), or CS (ortho-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) gas.
"I can tell you that we have approved an export license for the shipment of US-manufactured nonlethal
riot-control agents to the Egyptian government ...
Soldiers in the field needed protection against the
riot-control agents in use and desired a lightweight, easily carried protective mask (or none at all).
Military forces have used
riot-control agents, defoliants, and rubber bullets for decades.
Do hallucinogens and other psychotropic substances and chemical incapacitants qualify as toxic chemicals or
riot-control agents under the Chemical Weapons Convention?