Is 'Puff the Magic Dragon' About Marijuana?

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The poem that formed the basis of the song 'Puff, the Magic Dragon' was written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell student.

The poem that formed the basis of the song"Puff, the Magic Dragon" was written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash rhyme about aDragon," and, using a dragon as the central figure, he came up with a poem about the end of childhood innocence.

When 'Puff' was written, I was too innocent to know about drugs. What kind of a meanspirited SOB would write a children's song with a covert drug message?Peter wrote the song in 1958 [sic], and it is not about marijuana. Believe me, if he wanted to write a song about marijuana, he would have written a song about marijuana.The Houston Chronicle.Matthews, Lynn. "Premier Folk Trio Takes Jet Plane to Portland." Goldmine.

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