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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 08, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Feinsod Agreement 2017 [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description	three tranches of 100,000 stock options that vest when our stock price has an average trading price for 20 days of $3.50, $5.00 and $6.50 (“Market-based Options”)
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)	$ 3.45
Feinsod Agreement 2017 [Member] \| Time-based option [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Share-based Compensation and Exercise of Stock Options (in Dollars)	$ 600,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description	600,000 stock options that vest on the anniversary date of the agreement for the next three years, or 200,000 per year (“Time-based Options”);
DB Option Agreement [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)		$ 0.67
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross		100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		5 years
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding		100,000
IPG $4.50 Warrants [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)		$ 4.50
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross		250,000
IPG $5.00 Warrants [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)		$ 5.00
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross		250,000
Fall 2017 Capital Raise [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues (in Dollars)			$ 4,000,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues			4,000,000
Warrants to purchase			4,000,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)			$ 1.00
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price (in Dollars per share)			$ 0.50
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term			2 years
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Terms of Conversion Feature			If our common stock closed above $5.00 for ten consecutive days, we could call the warrants, giving the warrant holders 10 days to exercise.
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock (in Dollars)			$ 3,750,000
Fall 2017 Capital Raise [Member] \| 12% Convertible Notes [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount (in Dollars)			$ 250,000