8. OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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

Schedule of stock based compensation expense

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016
Employee stock-based compensation - option grants	$	473,192	$	603,536
Employee stock-based compensation-stock grants		–		–
Non-Employee stock-based compensation - option grants		11,500		79,500
Non-Employee stock-based compensation-stock grants		–		–
Non-Employee stock-based compensation-stock warrant		111,000		–
	$	595,692	$	683,036