Rachel Hope suffered from post - traumatic stress disorder for years . In 2003 , she investigated an experimental new treatment : Ecstasy . Dr. Michael Cohen convinced the DEA to green - light a study of the treatment . More than one million people suffer from depression .
Rachel Hope suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder for years . In 2005 , she investigated an experimental new treatment : Ecstasy . Dr. Michael Mithoefer convinced the DEA to green-light a study of the treatment . More than 7 million Americans suffer from PTSD .