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I do all i can to look after people and to take good care of them. but theres the ones that dont take the precautions with anti-depressants. thats the real danger. >> tens of thousands of people use ayahuasca worldwide today. and the ranks of the newly converted now appears to include stan, whos just done a daytime dose of rons mighty brew. >> how are you doing? >> just out here in the jungle, wrestling with my demons. >> its probably about as good a place as any to wrestle with them. and a good...

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American muslims. hes a good doctor, but clearly not prepared to lead a great nation. >> you know what i would say. theres 3500 american muslims in uniform. i have served with them in iraq an gave began stan. i went to a polling place at one of the electrics in afghanistan with a young man who grew up in kabul, came to america, joined the american military. we went to his high school where they were having an election and he was so proud. i want to let every american muslim serving in uniform kn...

>> in careful measures, ron doles out shots of his potent tea, which he guarantees will send them on mind-bending explorations. but theres a toll to be paid on this jungle odyssey. because for fit-time, ayahuasca can be a wild ride. exactly what will happen to stan and the others is anyones guess.

That people will start to vomit profusely or even have to defecate. but many people have said that this one experience can be life-changing. as i watch rons guests file in, its clear theres more to ayahuasca than just the promise of a hallucinogenic experience. stans quest and that of the others is steeped in traditions that pay tribute to the plants of the forest and a spirit being called mother ayahuasca. >> thank you for all the plants in the world who give us life, who teach us, who heal us....

And these are from the chirifanango. >> for millennia, native shamans in the amazon have tapped this jungle pharmacy for all types of cures. but in the past decade thousands of american tourists have flocked here seeking help from local medicine men including a new wave of gringo healers like ron. a ten-day retreat at el pugero costs about $1,000 and attracts a wide range of seekers from across the globe. a father and daughter from canada, an online entrepreneur, the son of a successful ceo and ...

They didnt. no one knows this better than stans wife, birgit. >> i fell in love with him, so it was like, oh, my god. this beautiful person, but i always felt like i was holding back something. i just couldnt get to it. he could transform into this genius, awesome, glowing person, and he is that, part of him is that, too. but then hes got that shadow. i guess some people get more sad than others. >> how bad is his depression? >> sometimes he will just lay in bed like he doesnt want to get up. or...

Its pitch-dark, but our night-vision cameras capture every moment, and one hour into the ceremony the physical effects of ayahuasca start to kick in. some people vomit. others teeter on the brink of collapse. though id been forewarned, these intense reactions are still disconcerting. [ chanting ] but this is just the beginning. the gringo shaman steps up the healing, blowing smoke onto seekers like stan to drive off negative spirits. these are native traditions repackaged by ron to give his gues...

>> its horrible. >> therapy, meditation, anti-depressants. stans tried them all and nothings worked. now hes ready to try something extreme. stan is preparing to fly to the jungles of peru to search for a cure, in the form of a powerful hallucinogenic concoction called ayahuasca. >> what are you hoping happens over the course of the next 12 days? >> im hoping to go to resolve that kind of lingering, undefinable dark cloud that follows me around and not have it there anymore, so its not subvertin...

Foreigners, and most of them dont have electricity or even running water, but yet people are coming. theyre coming and staying in little huts like this one because they say theyre not finding what they need back home. here, stan hopes to find solace. and hes seeking it from this man. ron wheelock. aka the gringo shaman. hes a former mechanic and pot dealer from kansas who spent two decades in peru cooking up psychedelic teas in his role as shaman, or traditional healer. i meet up with stan and r...