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Sticking a needle in your arm for a large dose of vitamins isn’t the pick-me-up of choice for most of us, but it’s popular enough in Vancouver that a mobile service is taking IV therapy to clients anywhere.

Dustin Vioen runs a tiny tech startup called Joiiin in a hip heritage building in Gastown and hires Vancouver’s IV Wellness Boutique to come by every two weeks to hook him up to a drip, along any of his staff who are willing to pay about $100.

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“A lot of people probably look at the things I’m doing and think I’m crazy. … Their version of health is reactive and this is definitely proactive,” says the rapid-fire 31-year-old. “It’s contrarian to their view of health. Most people think about health when they have problem.

“I want be on the front side of that. How can I maximize my health and use that to my advantage in every possible angle of life?”

Vioen is slim and muscled, and says he exercises, eats healthy food and doesn’t drink anymore. Yet he wants any edge he can get to achieve his business dreams, including “bio-hacking” his body so he can work longer, harder.