8. STOCK COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Employees and non-employees stock compensation

	Year Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Employees	$	2,113,433	$	5,105,827	$	3,958,637
Non-employees	$	751,651	$	565,915	$	771,946

Assumptions for Option Pricing

	2016	2015	2014
Expected stock price volatility	75.58 – 80.9%	73.38 – 86.19%	72.81 – 86.87%
Risk-free interest rate	0.71 – 1.56%	0.93 – 2.35%	0.59 – 2.65%
Expected life of options	3.0 – 9.69 Years	3.0 – 9.76 Years	3.0 – 9.76 Years
Expected dividend yield	-	-	-

Stock Option Plans

		Outstanding								Exercisable
						Weighted								Weighted
						Ave								Ave
		Number of		Weighted Average		Remaining Contractual		Aggregate Intrinsic		Number of		Weighted Average		Remaining Contractual		Aggregate Intrinsic
		Shares		Exercise Price		Term (Years)		Value		Shares		Exercise Price		Term (Years)		Value
Outstanding at October 1, 2014			273,246	$	74.50		6.55	$	3,600		137,755	$	85.00		5.49	$	3,600
Vested											16,134	$	62.00
Granted (a)			35,748	$	16.50
Forfeited			54,667	$	6.75
Expired			2,820	$	103.75						2,820	$	103.75
Outstanding at September 30, 2015			301,507	$	67.75		5.98	$	50		181,070	$	78.75		5.01	$	0
Vested											56,069	$	31.75
Granted (b)			48,544	$	12.00
Forfeited			2,240	$	21.50
Expired			4,240	$	145.00						4,240	$	145.00
Outstanding at September 30, 2016			343,571	$	59.25		5.35	$	0		232,898	$	66.25		4.76	$	0
(a)	Includes 90,000 stock options granted to consultants

(b) Includes 410,000 stock options granted to consultants

Schedule of non-vested options

				Weighted Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Options			Fair Value
Unvested at October 1, 2014		134,491		$	53.75
Vested		(46,134	)
Granted		35,748
Forfeited		(4,667	)
Unvested at September 30, 2015		120,438		$	43.00
Vested		(56,069	)
Granted		48,544
Forfeited		(2,240	)
Unvested at September 30, 2016		110,673		$	37.00

Schedule of restricted stock units

	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at October 1, 2014		628,000		$	13.75
Vested		(20,000	)
Granted		-
Forfeited		(4,000	)
Unvested at September 30, 2015		604,000		$	13.75
Vested		-
Unvested at September 30, 2016		604,000		$	13.75