A new poll finds that 58 percent of Wyoming residents approve of raising the state's beer tax by 4.5 cents per liter in order to fund addiction treatment and prevention programs, the Billings Gazette reported Jan. 29.

The poll of 625 registered voters, conducted on behalf of the Casper Star-Tribune, also found that 84 percent of residents opposed raising the state tax on gasoline and diesel fuel by 10 cents per gallon.

Under a plan being considered in the Wyoming legislature's Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, increasing the beer tax from half a cent per liter to 5 cents per liter and directing other alcohol-tax revenues to a new substance-abuse account would generate $14.5 million annually for treatment and prevention.

Both taxes face some opposition among lawmakers, and would require support from two-thirds of the legislature to pass in Wyoming's upcoming budget session.