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>> tonight libby and richard will take a radical step, accompanied by ryan and bob. instead of popping prescription pills they'll drink a psychedelic brew. a familiar ceremony. a new shaman. this one born here in the amazon. bob purges as richard and libby succumb to the effects of the hallucinogen. but something about this night feels different. ryan is on cloud nine, dancing, then communing with nature. back in the hut, it appears bob has left in a panic after the shaman blessed him with

Enough to stop another group of americans who've been to hell and back and are ready to try anything. they're veterans of war who've just arrived at this jungle retreat called phoenix ayahuasca. these vets suffer from profound ptsd, which kills 22 soldiers every day. they're here because they don't want to be next. the trip's organizer is former marine lance corporal ryan lecompte. >> how did you feel so certain that this is something that could help veterans? i mean, to bring people all the way out here to the jung toll do something you hadn't even tried before. i mean, it's kind of risky. >>...

Bob, for example, just stormed out and apparently feels overwhelmed by something. ryan just seems like he is having the time of his life and is dancing and just overjoyed. richard is obviously going through something. it's hard to tell what. and libby is just kind of curled in a ball. and it seems like she's in a little bit of pain. so obviously, it's kicking in, and it's manifesting itself in different ways. concerned for bob, i head off towards his bungalow. for four decades, his battle with extreme ptsd has left him with a short fuse. the smallest trigger can produce explosive reactions. >>...

And then left me in a ditch. >> how old were you? >> 21. >> what were you like before that happened? >> i was pretty outgoing. now i'm kind of just a shell. mainly an isolated person, a depressed person. just messed up in the head. >> did you ever get any justice? >> no. >> has the v.a. been helpful to you? >> not really. you know, when you go through every kind of pill they offer, you are just grasping at straws. >> it's hard to imagine living that way for decades. >> it is, isn't it? i'm kind of at my wits' end. that's why i'm here. i figure, i've got this much life left, dang, surely i can ...

Psychedelic brew. a familiar ceremony. a new shaman. this one born here in the amazon. bob purges as richard and libby succumb to the effects of the hallucinogen. but something about this night feels different. ryan is on cloud nine, dancing, then communing with nature. back in the hut, it appears bob has left in a panic after the shaman blessed him with ceremonial smoke. the ceremony is fairly different from the one the other night.