It's where regulation gets tricky indeed. Having any government capable of disrupting information flows lead to all kinds of danger. Having no control also lead

It's where regulation gets tricky indeed. Having any government capable of disrupting information flows lead to all kinds of danger. Having no control also leads to other, way more glaring (though not necessarily more severe) dangers. In a hype-driven process it's not hard to see who will end up on top, but even more so when even in a rationally and carefully weighed situation it's really hard to say and there's no real hope of doing research on what will work. Most places have lower sentences then the US simply out of practicality. Consider what it would be like to go to jail for eight years right now. Would you really be less motivated if it was ten? Twenty? 25 with an L? Really, you're already past the point where anyone considering it is "all in" here - if caught your life is irreparably fucked up (which seems pretty fair). Going further is just posturing or revenge for general laughs, it won't do much to actual crime rates.