Is the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' by Peter, Paul, and Mary about marijuana?

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No, 'Puff, the Magic Dragon' is not about marijuana, or any other type of drug. It is what its writers have always claimed it to be: a song about the innocence of childhood lost. 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 a 'Really-O Truly-O Dragon,' and, using a dragon as the central figure, he came up with a poem about the end of childhood innocence. http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm The following site has more detail and the lyrics to the song: http://www.urbanlegends.com/songs/puff_the_magic_dragon.html I spent a day at Honalee in Hawaii and experienced the mist shrouded mountains, which gave much relevance to the song at the time. Didn't do much frollicking though. Oct 31 02, 6:05 AM

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