He also got into a car accident during a drag race with the "Choom Gang"


Obama's wild antics as a teenager in Hawaii provided little indication of the future that lay ahead. According to Maraniss, Obama and his friends, the Choom Gang, spent most of their time playing basketball, smoking pot, drinking beer on the beach, and generally getting into trouble.

During one particularly eventful night, the Choom Gang held a drag race and the car Obama was in flipped, landing upside down. Nobody was seriously injured, and the boys broke down laughing while Obama repeatedly told the driver "You can't drive for shit!"

And he thanked his drug dealer in his high school yearbook


Obama's tribute section in his senior year high school yearbook includes one line of gratitude: "Thanks Tut, Gramps, Choom Gang, and Ray for all the good times."

Ray, according to Maraniss, was an older guy from whom Obama and other members of the Choom Gang purchased their pot.

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