Feds Spend $318,876 on Mindfulness for Drunks

The study will "evaluate the effects of randomization to mindfulness meditation intervention versus a sham mindfulness intervention on the behavioral and brain characteristics associated with high craving in moderate-high alcohol drinkers."
It is unclear the difference between mindfulness and sham mindfulness.
"This will be the first placebo-controlled mindfulness meditation study to examine the behavioral and neural mechanisms supporting alcohol craving," according to the grant.

Mind you this is a $318,876 Grant for research.