Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

NOTES PAYABLE (Details 5)

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NOTES PAYABLE (Details 5)		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
NOTES PAYABLE (Details 5)	Feb. 21, 2020 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares	Jun. 29, 2020 $ / shares	Jun. 19, 2019 $ / shares
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Stock price				$ 1.67	$ 10.30
Conversion Price		$ 10.00
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stock price	$ 1.89	0.97	$ 1.97
Conversion Price	$ 3.00	$ 2.00	$ 9.52
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Embedded derivative liability measurement input	19.12	17.06	16.77
Binomial Lattice Model [Member] \| Measurement Input, Expected Volatility (Peer Group) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Embedded derivative liability measurement input	65	113	50
Binomial Lattice Model [Member] \| Measurement Input, Expected Life (in Years) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Expected life (in years)	1 year 1 month 28 days	11 months 1 day	9 months 21 days
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