The mother of a teenager who was allegedly spiked at a Dartford nightclub, says sniffer dogs should be used to screen clubbers.

Carrie Mcewan’s son Jack, 18, had to be rushed to hospital in the early hours of September 21 after he collapsed at Crush in Spital Street.

Miss Mcewan is convinced her son’s drink was spiked, causing him to vomit and pass out, while his body temperature plummeted to 34.4C.

Now the 36-year-old, of Panters in Hextable, is calling on the club to take more precautions to ensure customers don’t bring drugs onto the premises.

The mother-of-four told News Shopper: "Some kids don’t even make it through something like this.

"I want people properly checked and it wouldn’t hurt to have a dog on the doors to do it.

"I know it would cost more money but it saves lives."

Jack, who is an apprentice hairdresser at Raw in Dartford, had drunk three shots, three bottles of beer and half a glass of champagne when he became ill at around 2am.

He had to be removed from the club and helped into the recovery position while his friend Shane Nelson-Spearman, 18, and Crush’s head door supervisor waited for an ambulance.

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Carrie Mcewan with son Jack after his ordeal.

Miss Mcewan says hospital staff at Darent Valley told her Jack’s drink had probably been spiked, possibly with the horse tranquilliser ketamine.

He was released from hospital the following afternoon and has since made a full recovery.

His mum said: "I know for a fact Jack wouldn’t take anything himself.

"I got the call everyone dreads.

"He had tubes everywhere to get the fluid off his lungs and it was absolutely awful to see my son like that."

Crush owner Peter Edwards said: "At Crush, the safety and well-being of our customers is paramount.

"We fully intend to establish exactly what caused Jack to suffer as he did and we will be studying, in detail, CCTV footage from the night.

"We will, in addition, conduct an exhaustive internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding this distressing issue."

A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance said: "We were called shortly after 2.10am to an 18-year-old male who was unwell and was being sick.

"We sent an ambulance and a car and he checked over at the scene before being taken to Darent Valley Hospital as a priority.

"He was unconscious en route to hospital."