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SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE (Detail Textuals)	Sep. 30, 2019 Days $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2019	Jul. 17, 2019 USD ($)	May 29, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Days $ / shares	Nov. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)
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Debt issuance costs based on financing							$ 64,848
Amortization of debt issuance costs						$ 4,826	13,947
Unamortization of debt issuance costs						49,422
Secured notes payable						2,265,090	2,265,090
Interest expense						$ 33,351	$ 94,745
Effective interest rate						7.00%	7.00%
Reclassified amount from accrued liabilities to senior secured notes payable				$ 16,274	$ 48,816
Convertible notes \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gross proceeds in secured convertible debt			$ 1,500,000
Conversion price reduce into equity			0.54
Convertible notes \| Subsequent Event \| Dillon Hill Capital, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gross proceeds in secured convertible debt			$ 1,500,000
Percentage of secrued convertible debt			6.00%
Conversion price reduce into equity			0.54
Sale up to additional principal amount			$ 500,000
Approval of convertible debt principal amount			1,000,000
Convertible debt converted into common stock			$ 1,000,000
Percentage of aggregate principal amount of convertible debt and outstanding		30.00%
Percentage of outstanding principal of accrued and unpaid interest		130.00%
Common Stock
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Common stock consecutive trading days \| Days							20
Common stock closing price trading days \| $ / shares							$ 3.50
Common Stock \| Convertible notes \| Subsequent Event \| Dillon Hill Capital, LLC
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Common stock closing price trading days \| $ / shares	$ 3.50
Percentage of issued warrants equal to common stock	40.00%
Percentage of warrant exercise price equal to conversion price	105.00%
Securities Purchase Agreement \| Accredited investors Management team and Board of Directors
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 1,650,000
Interest rate									6.00%
Securities Purchase Agreement \| Management and Board of Directors
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 1,185,000
Securities Purchase Agreement \| Chairman, president and chief executive officer and one member of the management team \| Convertible notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount								$ 550,000
Interest rate								6.00%