{"id":276,"date":"2012-05-28T05:56:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T05:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-ndtv\/"},"modified":"2012-05-28T05:56:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T05:56:03","slug":"obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-ndtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-ndtv\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama enjoyed pot as a school boy, claims book &#8211; NDTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-ndtv\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMYdvtEOYHCCSIrZQ470ULdtbPsg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/article\/world\/obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-216725\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/nt2.ggpht.com\/news\/tbn\/Yi-_llgTqaksgM\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><br \/><font size=\"-2\">NDTV<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMYdvtEOYHCCSIrZQ470ULdtbPsg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/article\/world\/obama-enjoyed-pot-as-a-school-boy-claims-book-216725\"><b>Obama enjoyed <b>pot<\/b> as a school boy, claims book<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NDTV<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">When he attended Punahoa prep school in Honolulu in the &#39;70s, Mr Obama was also at the forefront of ensuring he and his high school pals &#8211; 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