Riot Control Agents

“It is the policy of the United States that riot control agents are not chemical weapons and that the President may authorize their use as legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternatives to the use of force that, as provided in Executive Order No. 11850 (40 Fed. Reg. 16187) and consistent with the resolution of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, may be employed by members of the Armed Forces in war in defensive military modes to save lives, including the illustrative purposes cited in Executive Order No. 11850.” — 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, section 1232

  • Executive Order 11850, “Renunciation of certain uses in war of chemical herbicides and riot control agents”
  • Also check out the U.S. Chemical Weapons Convention site.

    • Last updated 18 Jan 2010 by TWP