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Vitamin D appears to regulate insulin production in the pancreas, and a deficiency could raise diabetes risk.
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Proposition 19 would also allow California's county and municipal governments to decide whether to regulate and tax the commercial production and sale (of no more than an ounce, or 28g, at a time however) of marijuana.
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Enzymes, too, are proteins, and so are the transcription factors that regulate their production.
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Firms that produce pesticides, and the authorities that regulate them, are aware of the importance of bees to food production, and new products must be tested to make sure they are not fatal to helpful insects.
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Federal, state and local governments can regulate the cannabis trade as they do with alcohol and tobacco -- monitoring the production process for safety and purity, controlling where it is sold, taxing all aspects of marijuana production and consumption, and redirecting resources from punishment to prevention.
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Some critics were quick to dismiss the new food safety authority, because the group is designed to advise, but will not be able to regulate food production and handling.
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