transform tomorrow. >>> the river town of iquitos, a launch pad for american tourists, looking for ahe rainforest. their first stop is often the bay lane market where all kinds of exotica are up for sale. [ speaking foreign language ] >> vendors here sell everything from vegetables and alligator skulls, to snake charms, and yes, even ayahuasca. we just asked one of these shopkeepers if they had any ayahuasca, and this woman said, let me run over and get some. how much does she sell this for? >> i have no idea. >> to guide me on the potential pitfalls of a ychl ahuasca is the expert peter gorman. >> what are some of the dangers of buying ayahuasca randomly in a market like this? >> you don't know what it would be. what if it's not ayahuasca? the danger wouldn't be anything specific, just who the hell knows what they're doing? >> people are caring a lot of abuse, so many things that are so deeply rooted. is ayahuasca a cure for this stuff? >> i think if you can dislodge that negative energy, if you can glimpse what you could be without it, you can go back home and work on getting rid o

stan's journey will take him to south america, to the frontier town of iquitos, located deep in the peruvianzon. this tropical outpost has become the epicenter of a growing industry of ayahuasca tourism. i'm 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 the purger. a collection of simple huts tucked away in the forest. it's amazing to me there are over a hundred ayahuasca centers in this part of peru, almost all of them run by foreigners and most don't have electricity or even running water. but yet people are coming. they're coming and they're staying in little huts like this one because they say they're not finding what they need back home. here, stan hopes to find solace. and he's seeking it from this man. ron wheelock, aka the gringo shaman. he's 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 ron

>>> the river town of iquitos, a launch pad for american tourists looking for a trip to the rainforestt stop is usually the market where all kinds of exotica are up for sale. vendors here sell everything from vegetables and alligator skulls to snake charms and yes, even ayahuasca. we just asked one of the shopkeepers if they had any ayahuasca, and this woman said, just let me run over and get some. so how much did she sell this for? >> i have no idea. >> to guide me on the potential pitfalls of ayahuasca tourism is peter gorman. >> what are some of the dangers of buying ayahuasca randomly in the market like this? >> you don't know what it would be. what if it's not ayahuasca. the danger wouldn't be anything specific, it would just be, who the hell knows what they are doing. >> people really are carrying a lot of abuse, so many things are deeply rooted. is ayahuasca a cure for this stuff? >> i think, if you can dislodge that negative energy. if you can glimpse what you could be without it, you can go back home and work on getting rid of it. if you think you're just going to take joy jui

if you think you're just going to take joy juice and hey, you're nuts. >> peter settled in iquitos inwhile i endorses psychedelic healing, he's worried about how traditions are changing. >> traditionally, the shaman drinks. >> the shaman. >> he experiences other realms of reality to find out where the dissidence is that if the shaman corrects will eliminate the symptom. this could be physical. it could be emotional. it could be bad luck. we americans come, and we said, we insist on drinking the damn stuff. we want our lives changed. and we want that specious. -- experience. that certainly set things on its head. and i've had this feeling for several years that something could go slightly wrong here that could sour a lot of stuff. >> like peter, there are many here who believe ayahuasca is a miracle substance with great potential. but recent headlines speak to hidden dangers. >>18 year old sebastopol resident died three weeks ago. >> the death of a teen has a shroud of mystery. >> in the last decade, several people have died after drinking ayahuasca, the majority of them in peru. exper

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