STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLAN AND WARRANTS, WARRANTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Feb. 28, 2013	Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2013 Investors [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Warrant [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Warrant [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Warrant [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Warrant [Member] Investors [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Warrant [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Warrant [Member] Maximum [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Inception to date, weighted average issue price (in dollars per share)										$ 0.01	$ 1.50
Warrants [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)						23,376,250	23,736,108	23,736,108
Granted (in shares)						0	650,000	650,000
Exercised (in shares)	(1,756,088)	0			(82,753)	(1,838,841)		(490,424)	82,753
Cashless Exercises (in shares)						(223,988)		(335,541)
Expired and Cancelled (in shares)						0		(183,893)
Outstanding, end of period (in shares)						21,313,421		23,376,250
Exercisable at end of period (in shares)						21,313,421		23,376,250
Warrants weighted average exercise price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollar per share)	$ 1.50		$ 1.25	$ 1.50		$ 1.46	$ 1.55	$ 1.55
Granted (in dollar per share)						$ 0		$ 0.83
Exercised (in dollar per share)						$ 1.45		$ 0.62
Cashless Exercises (in dollar per share)						$ 1.00		$ 0.91
Expired and cancelled (in dollar per share)						$ 0		$ 14.73
Outstanding, end of period (in dollar per share)			$ 1.25	$ 1.50		$ 1.46		$ 1.46
Exercisable at end of period (in dollar per share)						$ 1.46		$ 1.46
Warrants Exercised	1,756,088	0			82,753	1,838,841		490,424	(82,753)
Exercised cashless warrants (in shares)	1,756,088				223,988
Proceeds from exercise of warrants	$ 2,225,621	$ 0				$ 2,195,110			$ 30,511