Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1962, Peter Yarrow adapted "Puff, the Magic Dragon" as a sweet, innocent children's song. But according to the U.S. government, ...

First, there was the 1962 song made famous by folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary. Then, a 1979 juvenile fiction book adaptation by Romeo Muller. Now, Puff the Magic Dragon, the familiar children’s tale ...

Peter, Paul, and Mary gave us Puff the Magic Dragon, a timeless song about the magic of youth. Unsurprisingly, it was based on a poem by a 19-year-old Cornell student, Leonard Lipton. Whether it's on ...

In 1962, Peter Yarrow adapted "Puff, the Magic Dragon" as a sweet, innocent children's song. But according to the U.S. government, it was actually disguised drug propaganda. "We put it on the album, ...