The empty rooms have sun-filled windows, pastel blue-and-green decor, plenty of closet space ? and plaster ceilings where addicts won?t be able to stash their drugs.

The Sykesville center will be the first residential drug treatment facility in Maryland where patients can undergo five or 20 hours of counseling a week for up to six or nine months, depending on their needs, said Susan Doyle, director of the Carroll County Health Department?s Addictions Bureau, as she led Carroll County commissioners and reporters on a tour Monday.