Inside the store, there’s no cannabis (it is not a dispensary), just corporatization, empty vessels, coded language (on its website, Higher Standards calls cannabis “material”) and the suggestion that style destigmatizes. AdvertisementSupported byCritical ShopperAt an Updated Head Shop, High Meets HighbrowAt Higher Standards you can shop for cannabis accouterments much as you would for wine or cupcakes. Not even the store clerks I spoke to at Higher Standards do. Higher Standards is nestled in the tunnel-ish market (I always get an ant farm vibe) next to a bakery and across from a wine shop. Higher Standards bills itself as a concept shop, but the concept isn’t smoke; it’s paradox.