Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Ritalin was patented in 1950. The drug was designed with the original intent of treating the actual disorder--not to be a parental substitute.
actually no... the drug's original intent was to treat narcolepsy.
ADD/ADHD as we know it today wasn't first diagnosed until the early-mid 70's and only in very isolated circumstances. the disorder gained popularity in the 80's and became "mainstream" in the 1990's.