George Fisher
Judge John Crown Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, former prosecutor and legal scholar who researches evidence, prosecution practice, and criminal legal history; author of Beware Euphoria (Oxford UP, 2024).
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Jan 24, 2026 • 1h 3min
George Fisher, "Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America's War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024)
George Fisher, Judge John Crown Professor of Law at Stanford and former prosecutor, discusses his book Beware Euphoria. He traces moral roots of drug policy and how early laws aimed to shield white youth’s morals and health. He challenges prevailing racial-motive accounts, examines cocaine’s medical origins, early cannabis exceptions, and how enforcement later shifted harms onto communities of color.
Feb 3, 2024 • 1h 3min
George Fisher, "Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America's War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Law professor George Fisher explores the historical, moral, and racial aspects of America's war on drugs. He discusses his research methods and concludes that the drug war was racially motivated but aimed to protect white youth. The podcast also delves into the racial biases behind early drug laws, the movement to legalize weed, and the impact of Michelle Alexander's book, 'The New Jim Crow'.
