You're right about cops. My wife's cousin is a cop. I also know another cop. Neither of them are bad people. But the drug squad and organised crime are beneficiaries of the illegality of drugs. It's pathetic that non-alcoholic drugs are illegal.
As for Agwa I know it's legal in Vic. I think it would be legal Australia-wide. I can't be sure because some states have drug laws peculiar to that state. However Commonwealth law takes precedence and I can't imagine Agwa being legal in Victoria and not WA.
The non-alcohol drugs being illegal isn't really upto the coppers though, they just enforce it (or let it go in some cases) - I agree it's a huge drain on their resources to go and battle marijuana, when it's clearly less harmful than say alcohol.
My boyfriend put it quite appropriately - cops are the knife that politicians use to stab the public
Either way, some people who join the police force just get off on the power trip...but I think that's everywhere and is more a personality thing than a general cop trait (be it drug squad or not).
I'll keep my eyes peeled for Agwa. I just saw a really funny picture actually...

Get it..coca leaves - cocaine - agwa

I thought it was cool.
I've tried absinthe and I hated it the first time. But that's cos I took a shot of it without the whole sugar melting thing...then I tried the sugar melting technique another time after I had 3 glasses of wine and I puked the whole night. Never again. Stupid stupid.