Well, Mitt Romney had to endure stories about alleged high school bullying -- now President Obama faces revived stories about his high school marijuana use.

In the forthcoming book Barack Obama: The Story, author David Maraniss details the activities of young Barry Obama and his high school friends.

"A self-selected group of boys at Punahou School who loved basketball and good times called themselves the Choom Gang," Maraniss writes. "Choom is a verb, meaning 'to smoke marijuana.'"

BuzzFeed posted some excerpts this morning. And, as Yahoo!News pointed out, parts of the Maraniss book are also available now on Google Books.

The official publication date is June 19.

As we reported earlier, Maraniss also talked to some old girlfriends for his biography of the young Obama.

As for Obama and the "Choom Gang," Maraniss writes: