MB Civic

via Buzzfeed, excerpts from (Wash Post, Pulitzer winner) David Maraniss’ book on the Prez ..

As a member of the Choom Gang, Barry Obama was known for starting a few pot-smoking trends. The first was called “TA,” short for “total absorption.” To place this in the physical and political context of another young man who would grow up to be president, TA was the antithesis of Bill Clinton’s claim that as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford he smoked dope but never inhaled ..
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According to [a Choom Gang member], Ray the dealer [could] “score quality weed.” .. In the [senior] yearbook, students were given a block of space to express thanks and define their high school experience. … Nestled below [Obama’s] photographs was one odd line of gratitude: “Thanks Tut, Gramps, Choom Gang, and Ray for all the good times.” A hippie drug-dealer made his acknowledgments..

something to keep in mind when the Feds crack down on the DFH’s in Colorado and Washington – mab .. read more