The book, titled Barack Obama: The Story, reveals how a teenage Mr Obama and his friends formed The Choom Gang - slang for smoking marijuana - in which he invented inhaling techniques and rode a car called the Choomwagon.
Though the President has disclosed his drug use in previous statements- including a portion of his memoir - the new details have surprised some because of the extent of his usage.
On the Daily Show, Stewart joked that the stories about the president as a young man resembled the 'script of a Cheech and Chong movie.'
While the First Lady didn't directly address the claims in Maraniss' book, she did say that her husband underwent a change during his college years.
Mrs Obama responded by saying: 'By the time he was in college, like so many young people, he realised that he could do more with his life.'
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