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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 06, 2019 $ / shares	Dec. 08, 2017 $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Feinson Agreement 2019 [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description	1,000,000 stock options that vest when our stock price has a trading price of equal to or above $4.51 per share for five consecutive days.
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights	$ 4.51
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days	5
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax, Per Basic and Diluted Share	$ 0.83
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense \| $				$ 116,000
DB Option Agreement [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares			100,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights			$ 0.67
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period			5 years
IPG $4.50 Warrants [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares					250,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights					$ 4.50
IPG $5.00 Warrants [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares					250,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights					$ 5.00
Time-based option [Member] \| Feinsod Agreement 2017 [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Emplyment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares		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”);
Market-based option [Member] \| 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		$ 3.45