The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (, SIRUS) was a

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based in

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, Norway. On 1 January 2016 the institute was incorporated into the

Norwegian Institute of Public Health The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) ( Norwegian: ''Folkehelseinstituttet''; FHI) is a Norwegian government agency and research institute, and is Norway's national public health institute. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Health ...

. It was established in 2001 as the result of the merger of the National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIFA) and a department within the

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. Organizationally, it was subordinate to the

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, but claimed to be independent. It was also a part of the

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. In addition to various aspects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco use, it researched

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