Photo by Yamhill County in Oregon Narcan is sprayed up the nose of an opioid overdose victim, restoring breathing and other functions in moments.

The Fresno City Council passed a groundbreaking ordinance Thursday requiring all establishments serving on-site alcohol for consumption to maintain the presence of Naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, also known as Narcan, in an effort to combat narcotic overdoses.

Narcan, a nasal spray that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, can help restore normal breathing to a person suffering an opioid overdose.

“I am proud of the City Council’s decision to pass this ordinance, making Fresno the first city in California to require the presence of Narcan at establishments serving on-site alcohol,” Fresno City Council President Annalisa Perea said in a news release Thursday. “By increasing access to this life-saving medication, we are taking proactive measures to address the opioid crisis and protect the well-being of our community members.”

Managers of establishments falling under the ordinance will be required to undergo training in proper administration of the medication. Additionally, the news release states that anyone providing or administering over-the-counter Narcan will be protected from liability of California’s Health and Safety Code sections 1714.22 and 1799.102 as well as applicable laws.

Since seeing a dramatic spike in overdose deaths around 2013, fentanyl and other opioids have made national news, with fentanyl-related overdoses claiming the lives of more than 110,000 people according to an NPR report.

The nasal spray is quickly becoming commonplace in drugstores, clinics and public businesses across the country in light of the ongoing crisis.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, despite Narcan’s effectiveness in temporarily reversing opioid overdoses, the medication only works to reverse opioid overdoses for 30 to 90 minutes.

“Many opioids remain in the body longer than that,” the article reads. “Because of this, it is possible for a person to still experience the effects of an overdose after a dose of naloxone wears off.”

Fresno is the first city in the state of California to introduce the ordinance. The City of Honolulu issued a similar mandate this January.