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NOTES PAYABLE - 2020 12 Notes (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
NOTES PAYABLE - 2020 12 Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 15, 2022	Feb. 08, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 10, 2021	Apr. 20, 2021	Dec. 23, 2020
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Restricted cash			$ 4,037,500		$ 4,037,500		$ 4,037,500
Debt discount			1,232,290		1,232,290		1,232,290		$ 1,911,447
Additional paid-in capital			$ 94,814,583		$ 94,814,583		$ 94,814,583		$ 92,265,390
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 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%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%			10.00%
Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage		20.00%		20.00%
Exercise price of warrants		$ 0.56		$ 0.56							$ 0.56
Additional paid-in capital											$ 810,000
12% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	12.00%		12.00%		12.00%		12.00%
Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage	20.00%
Exercise price of warrants	$ 0.70
10% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%		10.00%		10.00%			10.00%
Aggregate principal amount				$ 2,940,000
Aggregate indebtedness amount	$ 2,912,750
Stock issued				1,050,011
Amortization of debt discount			$ 1,125,844		$ 41,352	$ 21,868	$ 84,375	$ 64,891
12% Investors
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	12.00%
Proceeds from debt	$ 10,587,250
Percentage of aggregate principal amount coverage	50.00%
Restricted cash	$ 4,037,500
12% Investors \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.00
12% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	12.00%		12.00%		12.00%		12.00%
Aggregate principal amount	$ 13,500,000
Stock issued	3,857,150
Debt fee percentage (as a percent)	5.00%
Debt discount	$ 675,000
Amortization of debt discount							$ 11,931	$ 0
12% Notes \| 12% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stock issued	1,928,571
Debt discount \| 10% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital		$ 429,300		$ 254,400
Debt discount \| 12% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital	$ 569,223
Extinguishment of debt \| 10% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital				$ 131,000
Extinguishment of debt \| 12% Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional paid-in capital	$ 103,577