Information on "Less Lethal" Weapons Including Chemical Irritants and Tasers
A Short and Sordid History of Pepper Spray: http://www.nopepperspray.org/sordid.htm
An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control: http://www.iwar.org.uk/sigint/resources/stoa/stoa-atpc-so.htm
Bibliography of "An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control": http://www.aib.de/nsa/eu/stoa-bib.htm
Chemical Cops: Tear Gas And Pepper Spray Can Be Deadly: http://www.commondreams.org/views/030900-103.htm
CPRC Report, Oleoresin Capsicum in Buffalo: http://www.cprc.org/tr/1995/04/tr-04-95E.pdf
Dugway Report (Great info on chemical composition of Freeze + P): http://www.capstun.com/english/cap-stun/reports/dugwayreport.html
The Effect of Police Officer Confidence on Officer Injuries and Excessive Force Complaints (includes info on cop killed by bad pepper spray training): http://www.sashley.com/Articles/EffectofPoliceOfficerConfidence.htm
FBI Report, Oleoresin Capsicum Training and Use: http://www.capstun.com/english/cap-stun/reports/fbireport.html
HowStuffWorks: What does tear gas do?: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question340.htm
Inmates Sue Florida Over Pepper Spray, Tear Gas Torture: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C97214%2C00.html
Is CS Gas Dangerous?: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/320/7233/458
Montreal Medical Team Exposes Documents on Tear Gas Danger: http://www.afn.org/~iguana/archives/2001_05/20010512.html
Pepper Spray Gets in Their Eyes, Media Missed Militarization of Police Work in Seattle: http://www.fair.org/extra/0003/pepper-spray.html
Pepper Spray Madness (deaths from pepper spray): http://mediafilter.org/caq/CAQ56pepper.html
Personal Defense Sprays: Effects and Management of [Ocular] Exposure: http://www.pwdistributing.com/OC%20Eye%20Test.html
Police Sprayed Deadly Toxins at WTO; Accused of "Chemical Warfare" by MD: http://www.sparklehouse.com/awake/cp/gas_1.html
The Power and Controversy of Pepper Sprays: http://www.sunbeltshows.com/dave/pepperspray.html
Preparing for "Sudden Death!": http://www.laaw.com/cdsldm.htm
Protester First Aid (Black Cross Collective Guide): http://www.mts.net/~slord/FIRST%20AID.htm
Study by a Street Medic Suggests Long-Term Effects of Tear Gas: http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/091902/news3.html
Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Reference for Medics: http://urgencemanif.meagerman.net/chem.html
Treatment of Riot Control Agents: Tear Gas and Pepper Spray: http://free.freespeech.org/a20/teargas.htm
U.S. Government Use of Chemical Weapons Against U.S. Citizens: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/10/11_chemical.html
The Use and Abuse of Pepper Spray (Legal article by By Lynne Wilson, Seattle Attorney): http://www.pcworks.demon.co.uk/magazine/documents/pepperspray.pdf
Use of Aerosol Weapons by Law Enforcement: http://www.sashley.com/Articles/UseofAerosolWeapons.htm
Use of CS Gas in Gulf is Illegal, says Red Cross: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0309-05.htm
Virtual Naval Hospital, Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare: Chapter 12, Riot Control Agents (Definitive website for detailed info on medical effects of chemical irritants): http://www.vnh.org/MedAspChemBioWar/chapters/chapter_12.htm
Wikipedia Article on Pepper Spray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray

Information on Positional Asphyxia and Hogtying
Asphyxial Death During Prone Restraint Revisited: A Report of 21 Cases: http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB/2000asphyxrevisit.html
Patient Restraint & Restraint Asphyxia Newz Directory: http://www.charlydmiller.com/ranewz.html#directory

Information on Handcuffing and Handcuff Neuropathy
AfterCare: Handcuff Injuries: http://www.action-medical.net/library/aftercare/handcuffs.htm
Cheiralgia Paresthetica (Handcuff Neuropathy): http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0920.htm
Complaints of Pain After Use of Handcuffs Should Not be Dismissed: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/318/7175/55
Focal Neurological Complications of Handcuff Application: http://aafs.micronexx.com/PDF/JOFS/JFS4651124/JFS4651124.pdf
Handcuff Neuropathy: Two Unusual Cases: http://www.aapmr.org/education/archive/emg9706a.htm
Handcuffing, Advance Stacking Techniques: http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/pti/
Liability Constraints on Human Restraints: http://www.laaw.com/finalre2.htm
Orthopedic Injuries Experienced by U.S. Prisoners of War During Operation Desert Storm: A Descriptive Analysis: http://infoventures.com/osh/abs/mili0005.html
PC Wins Handcuff Damages: http://www.cuffs.fsnet.co.uk/Handcuffs_docs/Pc%20wins%20handcuff%20damages.PDF

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