OPTIONS AND WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK (Details 1) - Warrant [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 0.15	$ 0.15
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	26,688,373	26,688,373
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	1 year 11 months 4 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.15
Exercise Price 1 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 1.15
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	461,340
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	1 year 29 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 1.15
Exercise Price 2 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 0.25
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	3,283,283
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	1 year 2 months 26 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.25
Exercise Price 3 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 0.04
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	2,068,750
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	2 years 5 months 4 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.04
Exercise Price 4 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 0.10
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	11,000,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	2 years 8 months 12 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.10
Exercise Price 5 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise Price	$ 0.15
Shares Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants	9,875,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)	1 year 2 months 23 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.15

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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