Village rumor claims drugging, not a plot against his brother

The suspicion that someone is slipping burundanga (scopolamine) into women's drinks to seduce them is not a proven fact, but a circulating hypothesis. The belief that it is no longer a crime is false: administering narcotics to a person without their consent is a serious crime in Spain.

There is a story told in villages that has come back to the bar counter these days. A man, described as less good-looking than his older brother, gets more dates. The explanation that has been woven through conversations has nothing to do with his charm. Some claim that local authorities would have encouraged conservative girls to sleep with him in order to ridicule the brother. That institutional plot theory holds up nowhere.

## The municipal plot theory has no basis

Believing that a group of mayors would organize a scheme so that women would go out with a specific neighbor requires a faith in administrative coordination that does not match reality. Girls, moreover, do not usually trinc instructions of that kind. The simplest explanation is that the man in question has social skills that do not depend on his looks. He worked in construction and in a supermarket, just like his brother, according to the details from whoever tells the story.

## Burundanga and the crime of supplying narcotics

The suspicion that he puts something in women's drinks is another matter. Burundanga, or scopolamine, is a substance that can strip the will of whoever consumes it. Administering it without consent is a crime against sensual freedom and public health, defined in the Spanish Penal Code. The claim that "it is no longer a crime" is false. Article 181 of the Penal Code punishes with prison sentences the use of drugs to override the will of the victim.

## The profile of the married man with no children

The story adds that this man has married and has not divorced, while his older brother did divorce and has children. That detail is used as proof that something strange is going on. There is nothing strange about getting married and staying married. The mother-in-law, according to the story, believes she has raised a puppy that outshines the other. It is just a way of speaking. The magazine covers and media attention the character receives do not turn a suspicion into a conviction.

If anyone believes they have been a victim of being drugged, they should see a healthcare professional and report it. Burundanga is not a bar joke.