THE ‘fog’ currently enveloping Bristol has a strong aroma of cannabis, it has been claimed.

Experts believe the thick haze causing limited visibility in the city may be the result of locals’ voracious appetite for hydroponically-grown sedatives.

27-year-old Easton resident Martin Bishop said: “Weather should not make me feel this lethargic and self-conscious.

“Maybe as a city it is time to accept that we are smoking too much.”

Meteorologist Stephen Malley said: “There is so much smoking happening here that it has formed an atmospheric layer blocking out the sun. I call it an ambient skunk crust.”

He added: “Nowhere on Earth do people love weed more than Bristol. In about eight years’ time the BBC will make an award-winning documentary about it.”