Flying With Weed

October, 2011

In "Fight for Your Rights" (July), you write, "Gender is reflected in your Social Security number." How so?Gregory Corarito Hollywood, FloridaGender is not encoded in the tiumber; the only information you can glean from those issued before June 25, 2011 (when new num­bers began being randomized) is the geographic area or state in which it was issued, reflected in the first three digits. However, when an employer needs to verify with the Social Secu­rity Administration the ide...