david amess, the conservative member of parliament for basildon, was fooled into filming an elaborate video warning against the dangers of this drug, and went as far as to ask a question about "cake" in the uk parliament, alongside real substances khat and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. in response, the home office minister incorrectly identified the fictitious drug "cake" as a pseudonym for the hallucinogenic drug methylenedioxybenzylamphetamine.