Michael Jackson's body has been released to his family amid reports today that the singer was regularly taking a cocktail of prescription drugs. His body was taken to a mortuary late on Friday night at the request of the Jackson family who have yet to confirm their plans for the 50-year-old's funeral. Jackson was raised as a Jehovah's Witness but before his death there were reports he had secretly converted to Islam. According to Muslim funeral custom the body is usually buried within days of the death. Police and coroner's officials are now examining the role prescription drugs may have played in Jackson's death as it was reported that he was injected with the powerful painkiller Demerol shortly before he fell ill.