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They're here because they don't want to be next. >> the trip's organizer is former marine lance corporal ryan la ko. how do you feel so certain this is something that can help veterans? i mean, to bring people all the way out here to the jungle to do something that you haven't even tried before. it's kind of risky. >> it is risky, but it's a calculated risk. ayahuasca is a way to give relief to those who are suffering. at the v.a., anti-depressants, ambien, sleep aids, they don't mix very well. there's not a lot of psychotherapy with that. it's just -- >> here's a pill. >> a bandaid. ayahuasca...

Call it what you like, americans are traveling to the amazon, hoping to expand their minds and soothe their souls. >> the question is, what happens when they get home? >> hey, sam, back from peru. it's been a couple months now, and with the family, i feel more patient and everything's going good. >> since he's back, i don't see him acting weird. seems he's let that baggage go and his weight just went down. i see him transformed. but he still needs to figure out how to integrate that into our family. >> ayahuasca isn't any kind of silver bullet. it's not like you can just go and do ayahuasca an...

I speak to maybe two humans a month, and that's about it. that's all the communication i have. but i have communication with other ayahuasca. i play by flute, and i communicate off that realm. and my cat. >> is a spirit being called mother ayahuasca really speaking to bob? and could such messages actually be helping him? from what he's told me about his history, homelessness, drug addiction, jail time, his life appears more stable. so maybe this jungle fix has helped him find a new equilibrium, one without the powerful side effects of antidepressants. i'm curious ton if any of the other commun...

Jungles of peru in search of a cure, in the form of a powerful hallucinogenic cocktail called ayahuasca. what are you hoping happens over the course of the next 12 days? >> i'm hoping to go to resolve that, that kind of lingering, undefineable, dark cloud that kind of follows me around. and not have it there anymore, so it's not subverting my life. i'm hoping ayahuasca will help me go inward and have it heal me. >> we're off to peru, where we're going to meet stan. he's someone who has just had this tortured soul for the last 30 years, and he's hoping that this substance, that's illegal here i...

Still disconcerting. ♪ but this is just the beginning. the gringo shaman steps up the healing, blowing smoke on the seekers like stan, to drive off negative spirits. >> these are native traditions repackaged by ron to give his guests an authentic ayahuasca experience. you know when everyone around you is intoxicated or drunk and you're the only one not under the influence, that's how it feels to be in that room. there are people in there who