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Death. [cheers and applause] >> it was so powerful so well delivered that it rocketed cuomo to instant political fame. his political appearance even led some party faithful to wonder whether cuomo wanted to be president himself. >> they said will you think about it and i said i have been thinking about it. >> but will you think about it any more? >> ill try, stan to keep it out of my mind. >> but it was that kind of indecisiveness that frustrated democrats, especially those on the more liberal e...

But then i cant picture fighting off this bigger person. it definitely put a cloud over things, and i distinctly remember after, maybe like a week or two after, i remember saying, like, im different. like im scared of the world. there was a violent element to it, so it really overloaded my nervous system. and i remember saying why does everything look kind of not so colorful like it used to? >> in the years following this traumatic event, stan grew up living a typical middle-class life but conti...

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 place to leave them. >> mm-hmm. >> want a little smoke blown on you? >> sure. >> a journey of ch...

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 a professor from belgium. like stan, these travelers are serious. they want healing for mind, body and soul. >> so whats the strongest part in the ayahuasca? is it toward the bark or the whole thing? >> actually, when you harvest the whole plant, best you take the root. the root is the strongest part. each one of you tear it ope...

Hoping to expand their minds and soothe their souls. the question is, what happens when they get home? >> this is stan. im back from peru. its been a couple months now, and with the family i feel more patient and everythings going good. >> since hes back, i dont see him acting weird. soon as he let that baggage go his weight just went down. i see him transformed. but he still needs to figure out how to integrate that into our family. >> ayahuasca isnt any kind of silver bullet. its not like you ...

But i believe in difficult parts of my life, subconsciously and consciously, theyll be with me, protecting me. i just know that. >> while ayahuasca might be protecting romans soul, its been having a field day with his body and mind. like magic mushrooms, ayahuasca contains a psychedelic agent called dimethyltryptamine, or dmt. dmt accelerates and enhances communication in the brain between areas responsible for sense of self, emotion, and perception. scientists believe this induces a dream-like,...

Stranger outside the house. that changed things for me. >> how do you think that event shaped the rest of your life? >> i always thought i could have fought him off and done better, but i cant picture fighting off this bigger person. it definitely put a cloud over things, and i distinctly remember after, maybe like a week or two after, i remember saying, like, im different. like, im scared of the world. there was a violent element to it. so it really overloaded my nervous system, and i remember ...

A ten-day retreat at el purguero costs about a thousand dollars 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 a professor from belgium. like stan, these travelers are serious. they want healing for mind, body, and soul. >> so whats the strongest part in the ayahuasca, is it the bark or the whole thing? >> actually, when you harvest the whole plant, best you take the root. the root is the str...

And he is that. part of him is that too. but then hes got that shadow, and i guess some people get more sad than others. >> how bad is his depression? >> sometimes he will just lay in bed, like doesnt want to get up. or he will not go to sleep. and it creates, like, friction and arguments, and you just cant really talk to him. >> when hes in the grip of depression, stan feels the need to isolate. even as his family gathers, he pulls away, cutting himself off from those he loves. >> how does that...

Well see. stans journey will take him to south america, to the frontier town of iquitos, located deep in the peruvian amazon. this tropical outpost has become the epicenter of a growing industry of ayahuasca tourism. im on my way to a jungle retreat, one of many run by ex-pat americans. these forests produce many of our modern medicines, and i want to find out if ayahuasca could someday become one of them. this is el purguero, or purger. a collection of simple huts tucked away in the forest. its...