If two people were stoned, would you say
Both guys were higher than a kite.
or
Both guys were higher than kites.
Both guys were higher than a kite.
or
Both guys were higher than kites.
Higher than a kite
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'Higher than a kite' would be my chioce as that's the phrase I've grown up hearing in reference to drugs (not the plural 'higher than kites'). 
Edit: not that I grew up around drugs (my grammar sucks, at times)
Edit: not that I grew up around drugs
(my grammar sucks, at times)
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If your speaker or first-person narraror insists on the cliché, the one above is correct, as it describes metaphoric altitude. Both druggies can be as high or higher than a single kite.
Or a spy plane or a satellite or orbiting space junk.
Oops! Santa Cat said it first.
Don't go through the wheat field, Lillie; you're runnin' again' the grain.
Upon further thought, Lillie's choice hacks some of the hackney from the old kite saw:
The two druggies buzzed higher than a pair of kites.
Upon further thought, Lillie's choice hacks some of the hackney from the old kite saw:
The two druggies buzzed higher than a pair of kites.
Higher than a kite is a tired phrase. I'd write something fresh. Any phrase that could turn up on Wheel of Fortune should be retired, IMO.
Instead of telling how high they were with a simile, why not show it? The doorbell rang. Bob flung open the refrigerator door and said, "Come on in."
Instead of telling how high they were with a simile, why not show it? The doorbell rang. Bob flung open the refrigerator door and said, "Come on in."