THE daughter of US President Barack Obama is facing claims she was smoking cannabis at a music festival after a video emerged of Malia Obama appearing to take a drag from a slim cigarette.

The video, released by Radar Online, reportedly showed the first daughter, 18, smoking during a Bryson Tiller set at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago on July 31.

5 Footage of the young teenager dancing at the festival shows the President's daughter enjoying herself Credit: ACTHEPLUG

5 Malia Obama pictured with her father, US President Barack Obama Credit: Getty Images

5 U.S. President Barack Obama's daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, right. The girls have grown up in the spotlight due to their father Credit: Reuters

In the video, a glimpse of the US President's daughter is shown as she brings the cigarette up to her lips.

The US gossip site quoted Jerrdin Selwyn, 18, who said: "I caught Malia smoking pot and I have the pictures to prove it. You could smell the marijuana smoke.

"I saw some young guy hand her a cigarette and she took at least one hit."

The teen also insisted that the young woman held the cigarette for about a minute before handing it back to boy.

Chicago's state of Illinois has recently decriminalised possession of marijuana of up to 10 grams, replacing the criminal penalty with $100 to $200.

Footage of the teen taken at the festival also shows her dancing up a storm, twerking against fellow festival-goers.

Wearing a peach crop top and small black shorts, the President's eldest daughter dances happily to the music, often putting her hands up and smiling at her friends.

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The youngster has already become the focus of media attention after choosing to skip the Democratic National Convention with her parents and instead choosing to attend the music festival.

Malia has also been thrown into the spotlight after being spotted at The Sugar Factory in Amsterdam earlier this year, with Radar reporting that DJ Youri Roest said: "everyone got drunk really fast. I have to admit even I got pretty tipsy later one, but I remember giving one of those girls a glass filled with pure vodka.

"She's a superb dancer, much like her father. She was very flexible, she has good hips."

She was also caught up in controversy when a Snapchat screenshot appeared to show the young woman, then 17, at a Brown University party.

According to The Daily Caller, the eldest daughter of the President was playing beer pong and taking shots while at the college.

The White House previously announced that Malia would take a year off after high school and attend Harvard University in 2017.

Having been an intern on the set of Lena Dunham's Girls, she is rumoured to be hoping to study film.

5 Malia was snapped at a party at Brown University where beer pong was being played Credit: thedailycaller

5 The Obama family is getting ready to leave the White House as Barack Obama's time as President draws to a close Credit: Reuters

US President Barack Obama has previously confessed to experimenting with the recreational drug, said to have been a member of the "Choom Gang".

He has previously admitted to using the drug in his youth, saying: "I've told my daughters I think it's a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy.

"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," he told The New Yorker.

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