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7 stories biographer David Maraniss presented in his new book "Barack Obama: The Story."
Maraniss says that Obama was a member of what was called the Choom (the act of smoking marijuana) Gang and allegedly made up a game called TA, or total absorption, in which you were given a penalty if you breathed out after smoking some of the marijuana. "When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted 'Intercepted!' and took an extra hit," Maraniss wrote. "No one seemed to mind."
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