LOS ANGELES – Jermaine Jackson said he would be "hurt" if toxicology reports show that Michael Jackson abused prescription drugs, but that he did not know about any drug use by his younger brother.

"In this business, the pressures and things that you go through, you never know what one turns to," Jermaine Jackson said in an interview broadcast Thursday on NBC's Today show.

He said he had heard about prescription drug use in the 1980s but did not know if drug use was a possibility more recently.

"I don't know about these things, because I hate anything with drugs," he said.

The circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson's death have become a federal issue, with the Drug Enforcement Administration asked to help police take a look at the pop star's doctors and possible drug use.

The Associated Press

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