Regional fund is urged as a way to stem drug crisis at Mass. and Cass

Regional fund is urged as a way to stem drug crisis at Mass. and Cass

Chris Lovett, Reporter CorrespondentA tent encampment on Atkinson Street, near “Mass. and Cass” in January 2022. Jesse Costa/WBUR photo More than ten years after the closing of the Long Island Bridge, and twenty years into a national opioid crisis, a top official in Boston has declared the city’s efforts to resolve the drug-use problem in its South End neighborhood a failure. On June 23, graphic video clips depicting the crisis on the streets, …