Burlington Labs

burlington labs was founded by treatment professionals who were inspired to make things better for patients and providers of addiction treatment programs. our founders come from the front lines of addiction treatment. michael casarico is an ladc and former probation officer who is also personally in recovery. jodie casarico, his wife and co-founder, has worked in a coaching capacity with individuals who have struggled with substance use issues. together, the casaricos established, funded and managed a sober house in burlington, vermont. in 2006, a positive result on an instant poc drug test landed one of michael’s probation clients in jail, although the man insisted he hadn’t used cocaine. when the results of the confirmation test finally came back – a full two weeks later – they revealed the client was, in fact, substance-free. for two weeks, an innocent man was jailed and separated from his family, his job, and his recovery community. this story, and others like it, led michael and j