BARACK Obama was a leading member of a DOPE SMOKING gang while at school, a
new book claims.
A biography alleges that the US President — whose campaign slogan was Yes We
Can — used to smoke pot after class with pals known as the Choom Gang.
He favoured fully inhaling the drug and even imposed strict punishments on
those who did not follow his lead, fellow secondary school pupils claim.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, 52, said: “Barry Obama was known
for starting a few pot-smoking trends. When a joint was making the rounds,
he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted ‘Intercepted!’ and took an
extra hit.”
His book Barack Obama: The Story tells how the President — who is seeking
re-election in November — was part of the gang which imposed strict
sanctions on anyone who did not fully inhale a joint.
Trend David claimed the gang’s inhaling penalty trend was called “TA”, short
for “total absorption”.
This was where members who dared to exhale before absorption “were assessed a
penalty” and faced being “skipped the next time the joint came around”.
He added: “Most members of the Choom Gang were decent students and athletes
who went on to be successful lawyers, writers and businessmen.”
Married father-of-two Obama, 50, previously admitted smoking pot in his 1995
memoirs.
Former US President Bill Clinton, 65, famously once claimed he “didn’t inhale”
the recreational drug, while smoking at college.