Did You Know ? # 13
Ritalin (stimulant medication for ADHD) was first synthesized in 1944 by a chemist and he named it after his wife, Rita. She had low blood pressure and she used it to pump herself up before tennis games.
Heavy marijuana use during adolescence increases the risk of schizophrenia in people with a particular variant of the gene catechol-O-methyltransterose.