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NOTES PAYABLE - 2020 10 Notes (Details)			1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
NOTES PAYABLE - 2020 10 Notes (Details)	Apr. 20, 2021 USD ($) item $ / shares	Feb. 08, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 17, 2021	Sep. 10, 2021 $ / shares	Dec. 23, 2020	Jan. 08, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital			$ 75,891,414				$ 92,265,392	$ 75,891,414
Beneficial conversion feature							$ 1,110,039	$ 233,500
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.001	$ 0.001				$ 0.001	$ 0.001		$ 0.001
10% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%				10.00%	10.00%
Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage		20.00%	20.00%
Exercise price of warrants \| $ / shares	$ 0.56	$ 0.56	$ 0.56					$ 0.56
Stock issued \| shares		592,858
Additional paid-in capital	$ 810,000	$ 429,300
10% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)			10.00%	10.00%				10.00%			10.00%
Aggregate principal amount			$ 2,940,000					$ 2,940,000
Stock issued \| shares			1,050,011					1,050,011
Amortization of debt discount							$ 86,759	$ 2,944
Beneficial conversion feature			$ 0
10% Notes 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		10.00%
Aggregate principal amount		$ 1,660,000
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.66
Debt conversion commitment price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.90
Amortization of debt discount							252,118	0
10% Notes April 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.00%
Aggregate principal amount	$ 2,300,000
Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage	20.00%
Exercise price of warrants \| $ / shares	$ 0.56
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	0.49
Debt conversion commitment price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.83
Amortization of debt discount							350,471	$ 0
Convertible note offering amount	$ 4,600,000
10% Investors
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Interest rate (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%					10.00%
Proceeds from debt			$ 1,940,000
Conversion price trigger (as a percent)	80.00%	80.00%	80.00%
Number of lead investor \| item	1
Aggregate principal amount invested	35.50%
10% Investors \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.65	$ 0.65	$ 0.65					$ 0.65
10% Investors \| Maximum
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Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00					$ 1.00
15% Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)			15.00%	15.00%				15.00%	15.00%
Aggregate principal amount				$ 300,000	$ 2,031,000	$ 2,031,000
Proceeds from debt				300,000	$ 525,000	$ 525,000
Aggregate indebtedness amount			$ 1,000,000					$ 1,000,000
Additional paid-in capital			3,653					3,653
Amortization of debt discount							$ 0	279,676
Mortgage Loan
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Aggregate principal amount												$ 975,000
Debt discount \| 10% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital			254,400					254,400
Debt discount \| 10% Notes April 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital	$ 692,500
Extinguishment of debt \| 10% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital			$ 131,000					$ 131,000
Extinguishment of debt \| 15% Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital				$ 668,335