OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Details 2) (Warrant [Member], USD $)						12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2010	Aug. 31, 2009	Aug. 31, 2008	Aug. 31, 2012 2008 [Member] Exercise Price Range 2.00 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] Exercise Price Range 0.15 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeTwoMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeThreeMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeFourMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeFiveMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeSixMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeSevenMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeEightMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2009 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeNineMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2011 [Member] Exercise Price Range 0.30 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 2011 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeElevenMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2011 [Member] Exercise Price Range 0.10 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 2011 [Member] ExercisePriceRangeThirteenMember	Aug. 31, 2012 2012 [Member] Exercise Price Range 0.25 [Member]
Shares outstanding	32,440,625	33,040,627	18,637,502	17,637,500	100,000	100,000	10,000,000	2,500,000	500,000	1,700,000	150,000	50,000	50,000	500,000	2,050,000	6,600,625	500,000	6,840,000	500,000	400,000
Shares outstanding, weighted average contractual life (years)						8 months 24 days	5 months 1 day	5 months 23 days	6 months	7 months 20 days	7 months 28 days	8 months 5 days	8 months 12 days	11 months 19 days	11 months 19 days	3 years 3 months	3 years 4 months 6 days	3 years 9 months	3 years 10 months 10 days	4 years 2 months 16 days
Shares exercisable	32,440,625					100,000	10,000,000	2,500,000	500,000	1,700,000	150,000	50,000	50,000	500,000	2,050,000	6,600,625	500,000	6,840,000	500,000	400,000
Shares exercisable, weighted average exercise price	$ 0.18					$ 2.00	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.25