Raymond Corrao works less than an hour a day and pulls in about $150. In addition, a federal appeals court in San Diego has declared him eligible for federal disability benefits. Corrao deals drugs to earn his pay. The Napa Valley Register reports that he has used heroin for 35 years and "drinks heavily." Thanks to his addictions, he is unable to hold a steady job. But he manages to buy and sell up to $600 worth of heroin a day, taking an ounce and a half, with a street value of $150, off the top for himself.

Corrao's dealings did not strike Judge Betty Fletcher as a real job: Corrao "did not organize drug dealers nor did he have an organized or extensive clientele," and his drug peddling showed "no indication of initiative, organization, responsibility, or physical or mental exertion." But Fletcher ruled that Corrao's heroin addiction was disabling enough to make him eligible for federal Supplementary Security Income.

Strangely enough, no one has suggested that Corrao be arrested for selling illegal narcotics.

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