What 'they' usually say is, ‘You know, I am going to ask the question.’ Everybody wants to talk about it.” Just last night, Lipton says he was approached by a stranger who asked “the question” while he was at an awards ceremony. Lipton is and has always been vehement that Puff, the Magic Dragon is not about drugs. To Lipton, a father of three (he has two sons and a daughter, now ranging in age from 17 to 20), “A song for little kids that advocates the use of drugs would not be appropriate.