Robert Downey Jr.'s Highs and Lows: Drug Days a "Lifetime" Ago

While now at the top of his game, Robert Downey Jr. has had many highs and lows. In a candid November Playboy interview, Downey said staying off drugs “for literally five or six years is a lifetime.”

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