PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON 1965 THIS SONG ISN’T ABOUT SMOKING MARIJUANA ~IT’S BASED ON A POEM ABOUT THE LOSS OF CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE & GROWING UP!

Lead singer Peter Yarrow based this song on a poem written by Leonard Lipton about the loss of childhood innocence and growing up.

Over the years all three members of the group and Mr. Lipton have aggressively dismissed the urban legend that the song is about drug use.