Other than the fact that he was not a drug dealer and other criticism others have already pointed out, Carnegie Mellon University's researchers did an analysis of Silk Road gathering data on a daily basis for eight months before it was shut down. Some of their findings include:

> “‘Weed’ (i.e., marijuana) is the most popular item on Silk Road” (p.8)

> “The quantities being sold are generally rather small (e.g., a few grams of marijuana)” (p.12)

https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc/publications/TR-CMU...

2+ life sentences for a website which sold weed is just outrageous. Also note that since 2012, people have become a LOT softer on weed and even other drugs have been legalized since then. Trump himself has said that he has friends who have benefitted from weed.