Not about a stepkid but a drug addicted nephew

Ok so I know I'm not his mom but I helped raise the kid. When my step sister had the kid she was 16 and would go out all night. Being that my room was next to his I helped raise him for the mast majority of his early life. Let me add I was in middle school. So in a sense I am very protective and want him to always do the right thing. He has posted pictures of him smoking pot doing ex and many more on Facebook. Was mad at me for tellin him to watch his language and stop posting hat stuff it's disrespectful to he family. He has all the aunts and uncles and family friends on his friends list. His response was ur not that much older then me shut up. I responded in a good manner explaining the responsibilities I have and how I go to school serverd four years in the marine corps ECt.....he then got up set with me informed his mom I tell evey one my FDH and i do drugs. When my FDH and I asked his mother if we could have a sit down with him she said it's not our place. I'm worried for him, his mother tells him your not responsible enough to do drugs. Any advice

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Block him so that his posts

Block him so that his posts do not appear on your FB wall. Do not look at his FB. He has made this choice in his life and will not change it until he's good and ready to. Continuing to monitor his activities will only serve to further upset you. Don't do that to yourself.

DH's nephew is soon-to-be 21

DH's nephew is soon-to-be 21 & posts stuff, all the time, about smoking pot. His mother reminds me A LOT of our BM & has proven to be an alienator & an enabler. His father is nearly non-existent. I believe the last contact he had with them was a couple of years ago with nephew's mugshot came up on the local news for B&E & grand larceny at the school he graduated from. Yep...he's one of those.

SIL gives him money daily. It is at the point she'll search the house for him to hand him cash. He doesn't even have to ask. I'm sure that's how he's getting his weed stash.

I didn't say anything to SIL or nephew about it, but I mentioned to DH that should he ever reach a point of needing to get a job, employers look at Facebook. Colleges look at Facebook. SIL is his friend on there as well, so she is well-aware of what he's posting. I guess she intends to have her baby underfoot until she dies...but what about after that???

Obviously, there's something about the attention it draws that causes their need to post things like that. Unfortunately, you can't fix stupid.