The Pros And Cons Of Chemical Warfare

Warfare is one of the most dangerous, violent and most physically and mentally traumatic atrocities of our world, accounting for hundreds of thousands of deaths and costing nations billions of dollars in supplies, weapons development and other war-time needs every year. In the Twenty-First Century, one of the biggest “frontiers” in weapons development has been the idea of chemical weapons, especially those in the form of weaponized gasses. These weapons, which are defined as an “ammunition or device, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through toxic properties of toxic chemicals.” have the potential to cause an unprecedented amount of harm if their proliferation is not regulated. The presence of these weapons throughout history is all too familiar to many of the world’s nations. Early chemical weapons, such as Chlorine and Mustard Gas were used in World War l and proved to be grimly effective, killing an estimated one million soldiers and civilians over the four year span of the war.
This convention resulted in a paper known as the Geneva Protocol, an international resolution banning the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield, but allowing nations to continue to own and
Chief among these anti-chemical protections are the drugs Atropine and 2-PAM, which if administered quickly, have been proven to provide protection against the nerve gas Sarin, a deadly chemical weapon used in 2013 during the Syrian Civil War. France supports dispensing these drugs on a large scale and encourages other countries to consider this plan of