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NOTES PAYABLE (Details) - USD ($)							3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
NOTES PAYABLE (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 11, 2020	Dec. 10, 2020	Dec. 09, 2020	Oct. 09, 2020	Oct. 07, 2020	May 01, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
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Interest rate (as a percent)							40.00%	40.00%
Gain on extinguishment of debt								$ (1,774,662)	$ 0
Payroll costs exclude compensation								100,000
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		$ 1,100,000						$ 2,613,929	2,768,133
Term of the warrants					5 years
Investors exercised warrants		100,000	100,000
Aggregate exercised of warrants		200,000
Number of warrants exercised								520,151
Amortization of debt issuance costs								$ 0	$ 12,576
Secured notes payable										$ 1,499,116
Dillon Hill Capital, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum percentage of shareholding in the Company's common stock				5.00%
PPP Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Notes Payable						$ 847,000		$ 100,000
Interest rate (as a percent)							25.00%	25.00%
Public Offering
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Exercise Price					$ 5.25
Proceeds from exercise of warrants					$ 1,669,500		$ 2,600,000
Number of warrants exercised					318,000
Secured Convertible Notes ("July 2019 Notes") \| Dillon Hill Capital, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payoff Amount				$ 1,665,581
Secured notes payable				$ 1,500,000
Securities Purchase Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain on extinguishment of debt							$ 839,945	$ 839,945
Replacement Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain on extinguishment of debt								$ 1,640,245
Exercise Price					$ 7.54
Number of warrants agreed to be issued	100,000				159,000
Replacement warrants of $6.57 exercise price
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 6.57
Number of warrants agreed to be issued	50,000
Replacement warrants of $6.46 exercise price
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 6.46
Number of warrants agreed to be issued	50,000