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At the same time, the levels of THC _ the main active chemical in marijuana<br />
_ have soared in the past decade and are now at 16 percent in Dutch weed.<br />
The U.S. government sounded the alarm earlier this month because THC in<br />
American marijuana has doubled to 9.6 percent since 1983, and it warned of<br />
recent scientific findings linking the drug to mental problems.<br />
The Dutch government, currently led by a conservative coalition with a<br />
religious bent, is slowly squeezing back the number of coffee shops by not<br />
renewing licenses when shops close.Growers are arrested, leaving coffee<br />
shop owners struggling to obtain their main product.<br />
"The rules are being set to pester<br />
us out of business one by one,<br />
slowly but surely," said Richard<br />
van Velthoven, manager at The<br />
Greenhouse, who said he feared<br />
being shut down for tobacco<br />
violations.<br />
"I've taken the cigarette machines out, I'm putting Coltsfoot on the tables,<br />
I've bought extra vaporizers, the staff is watching out _ what more can I do?"<br />
he said. German tourist Lars Schmit said lamented the possible end of an<br />
era.<br />
Without coffee shops, he said, "a little bit of Amsterdam will die."<br />
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