It is a sassafras tree, your instincts are right. I grew up on sassafras tea as kid, but one day my parents just stopped making it and using the roots. Several years ago I asked why and my mom told me that when it became public knowledge that our American sassafras tree contains carcinogens she stopped it then and there. Funny, seems it's quite common that sassafras species aren't exactly healthy for humans. I don't know if the oil from the one's here is carcinogenic, but a previous non-illicit use was as a perfume for the ladies.
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